New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT) Competitors

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

Is BRMK or NYMT a better dividend stock?

Broadmark Realty Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. New York Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Broadmark Realty Capital pays out -42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. New York Mortgage Trust pays out -242.4% 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. New York Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRMK or NYMT?

New York Mortgage Trust received 324 more outperform votes than Broadmark Realty Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.67% of users gave New York Mortgage Trust an outperform vote while only 25.64% of users gave Broadmark Realty Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Broadmark Realty Capital	Outperform Votes 10 25.64%	Underperform Votes 29 74.36%
New York Mortgage Trust	Outperform Votes 334 55.67%	Underperform Votes 266 44.33%

Does the media prefer BRMK or NYMT?

In the previous week, New York Mortgage Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Broadmark Realty Capital. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for New York Mortgage Trust and 0 mentions for Broadmark Realty Capital. New York Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Broadmark Realty Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that New York Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Broadmark Realty Capital	Neutral
New York Mortgage Trust	Very Positive

Do analysts rate BRMK or NYMT?

New York Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $7.75, suggesting a potential upside of 30.03%. Given New York Mortgage Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe New York Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Broadmark Realty Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Broadmark Realty Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
New York Mortgage Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more risk & volatility, BRMK or NYMT?

Broadmark Realty Capital has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New York Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BRMK or NYMT?

46.5% of Broadmark Realty Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Broadmark Realty Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BRMK or NYMT more profitable?

New York Mortgage Trust has a net margin of 3.11% compared to Broadmark Realty Capital's net margin of -128.10%. Broadmark Realty Capital's return on equity of 5.69% beat New York Mortgage Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Broadmark Realty Capital	-128.10%	5.69%	5.07%
New York Mortgage Trust	3.11%	0.48%	0.06%

Which has better earnings & valuation, BRMK or NYMT?

New York Mortgage Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Broadmark Realty Capital. New York Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadmark Realty Capital, 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
Broadmark Realty Capital	$108.88M	5.83	-$116.39M	-$0.98	-4.92
New York Mortgage Trust	$258.66M	2.09	-$48.67M	-$0.33	-18.06

Summary

New York Mortgage Trust beats Broadmark Realty Capital on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.