EARN vs. MDV, AJX, LFT, GPMT, CHMI, ACR, BHR, MITT, FSP, and CIO
Should you be buying Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT include Modiv Industrial (MDV), Great Ajax (AJX), Lument Finance Trust (LFT), Granite Point Mortgage Trust (GPMT), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR), Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR), AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), Franklin Street Properties (FSP), and City Office REIT (CIO). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (NYSE:EARN) and Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Modiv Industrial has a net margin of 1.80% compared to Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's net margin of 0.00%. Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's return on equity of 12.21% beat Modiv Industrial's return on equity.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. Modiv Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT pays out 331.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Modiv Industrial pays out -244.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT had 3 more articles in the media than Modiv Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT and 4 mentions for Modiv Industrial. Modiv Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's score of 0.61 indicating that Modiv Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT received 163 more outperform votes than Modiv Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Modiv Industrial an outperform vote while only 51.35% of users gave Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT an outperform vote.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Modiv Industrial has a beta of -0.22, suggesting that its share price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.85%. Modiv Industrial has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.43%. Given Modiv Industrial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Modiv Industrial is more favorable than Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT.
20.4% of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.2% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Modiv Industrial. Modiv Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT beats Modiv Industrial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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