New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT) Competitors

ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) and New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ:NYMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Is ARR or NYMT a better dividend stock?

ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.5%. New York Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays out -669.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. New York Mortgage Trust pays out -70.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. ARMOUR Residential REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ARR or NYMT?

54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ARR or NYMT?

ARMOUR Residential REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than New York Mortgage Trust. ARMOUR Residential REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New York Mortgage Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ARMOUR Residential REIT	-$478K	-3,901.91	-$14.39M	-$0.43	-43.17
New York Mortgage Trust	$241.49M	2.55	-$48.67M	-$1.14	-5.96

Does the media refer more to ARR or NYMT?

In the previous week, ARMOUR Residential REIT had 1 more articles in the media than New York Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT and 6 mentions for New York Mortgage Trust. ARMOUR Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat New York Mortgage Trust's score of 0.95 indicating that ARMOUR Residential REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARMOUR Residential REIT	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
New York Mortgage Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, ARR or NYMT?

ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New York Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ARR or NYMT?

ARMOUR Residential REIT presently has a consensus target price of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.42%. New York Mortgage Trust has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.94%. Given ARMOUR Residential REIT's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ARMOUR Residential REIT is more favorable than New York Mortgage Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARMOUR Residential REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
New York Mortgage Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARR or NYMT?

New York Mortgage Trust received 71 more outperform votes than ARMOUR Residential REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.28% of users gave New York Mortgage Trust an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave ARMOUR Residential REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ARMOUR Residential REIT	Outperform Votes 264 49.07%	Underperform Votes 274 50.93%
New York Mortgage Trust	Outperform Votes 335 55.28%	Underperform Votes 271 44.72%

Is ARR or NYMT more profitable?

ARMOUR Residential REIT has a net margin of -2.61% compared to New York Mortgage Trust's net margin of -15.46%. ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity of 16.00% beat New York Mortgage Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARMOUR Residential REIT	-2.61%	16.00%	1.65%
New York Mortgage Trust	-15.46%	-1.39%	-0.15%

Summary

ARMOUR Residential REIT and New York Mortgage Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.