MFA vs. CIM, PMT, ARR, TWO, RWT, DX, RC, NYMT, ARI, and ACRE
Should you be buying MFA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFA Financial include Chimera Investment (CIM), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Redwood Trust (RWT), Dynex Capital (DX), Ready Capital (RC), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), and Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry.
Chimera Investment (NYSE:CIM) and MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Chimera Investment has higher revenue and earnings than MFA Financial. Chimera Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MFA Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chimera Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. MFA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Chimera Investment pays out 191.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MFA Financial pays out 350.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, MFA Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Chimera Investment. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for MFA Financial and 3 mentions for Chimera Investment. MFA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Chimera Investment's score of 0.11 indicating that Chimera Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Chimera Investment has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFA Financial has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chimera Investment received 50 more outperform votes than MFA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.00% of users gave Chimera Investment an outperform vote while only 57.98% of users gave MFA Financial an outperform vote.
Chimera Investment presently has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.95%. MFA Financial has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.42%. Given MFA Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chimera Investment is more favorable than MFA Financial.
48.4% of Chimera Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of MFA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chimera Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of MFA Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Chimera Investment has a net margin of 16.32% compared to Chimera Investment's net margin of 13.24%. Chimera Investment's return on equity of 9.44% beat MFA Financial's return on equity.
Summary
MFA Financial beats Chimera Investment on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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