Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) Competitors $9.06 -0.06 (-0.66%) (As of 12/17/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends ARI vs. RC, TWO, CIM, PMT, MFA, ARR, DX, RWT, NYMT, and IVRShould you be buying Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance include Ready Capital (RC), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Chimera Investment (CIM), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), MFA Financial (MFA), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Dynex Capital (DX), Redwood Trust (RWT), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance vs. Ready Capital Two Harbors Investment Chimera Investment PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust MFA Financial ARMOUR Residential REIT Dynex Capital Redwood Trust New York Mortgage Trust Invesco Mortgage Capital Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) and Ready Capital (NYSE:RC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends. Does the media refer more to ARI or RC? In the previous week, Ready Capital had 10 more articles in the media than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ready Capital and 4 mentions for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Ready Capital's score of 0.46 indicating that Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Ready Capital 5 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARI or RC? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance received 75 more outperform votes than Ready Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.55% of users gave Ready Capital an outperform vote while only 58.32% of users gave Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformApollo Commercial Real Estate FinanceOutperform Votes31958.32% Underperform Votes22841.68% Ready CapitalOutperform Votes24460.55% Underperform Votes15939.45% Do analysts prefer ARI or RC? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance currently has a consensus target price of $9.63, indicating a potential upside of 6.24%. Ready Capital has a consensus target price of $9.11, indicating a potential upside of 21.59%. Given Ready Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ready Capital is more favorable than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 1 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.80Ready Capital 1 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.11 Is ARI or RC a better dividend stock? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Ready Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays out -108.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ready Capital pays out -142.9% 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. Ready Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Is ARI or RC more profitable? Ready Capital has a net margin of -11.65% compared to Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's net margin of -35.84%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 9.11% beat Ready Capital's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance-35.84% 9.11% 2.01% Ready Capital -11.65%7.53%1.49% Which has more risk and volatility, ARI or RC? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ready Capital has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ARI or RC? Ready Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. Ready Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance$201.16M6.22$58.13M-$0.92-9.85Ready Capital$81.15M15.55$339.45M-$0.70-10.70 Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ARI or RC? 54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Ready Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Ready Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. SummaryReady Capital beats Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Wall Street StarHealthcare Takes A Big Step Forward With The Help of A.I.To date, we've seen baseline AI models lay the groundwork. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ARI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricApollo Commercial Real Estate FinanceReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.25B$7.18B$10.70B$19.64BDividend Yield10.81%6.61%10.16%3.51%P/E Ratio-9.8544.2735.2843.80Price / Sales6.229.873,046.0617.47Price / Cash9.8017.8029.8421.73Price / Book0.582.632.785.46Net Income$58.13M$145.32M$1.03B$987.68M7 Day Performance-2.37%-1.14%-1.26%-2.12%1 Month Performance-0.11%-0.09%-0.02%1.31%1 Year Performance-25.19%5.64%15.77%16.45% Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ARIApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance2.601 of 5 stars$9.06-0.7%$9.63+6.2%-25.2%$1.25B$201.16M-9.85N/AHigh Trading VolumeRCReady Capital1.9563 of 5 stars$7.53+1.1%$9.11+20.9%-31.3%$1.27B$81.15M-10.77350Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionTWOTwo Harbors Investment3.1646 of 5 stars$11.92+0.7%$13.71+15.0%-17.8%$1.24B$-255,294,000.00-2.46100News CoverageCIMChimera Investment4.3095 of 5 stars$15.24+1.1%$16.00+5.0%-1.3%$1.23B$419.93M4.5740Positive NewsPMTPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust4.2859 of 5 stars$13.71+1.2%$15.17+10.6%-11.5%$1.19B$429.02M9.961Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsMFAMFA Financial3.938 of 5 stars$10.92+0.9%$14.00+28.2%-7.9%$1.11B$605.60M6.81377Dividend AnnouncementARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.793 of 5 stars$19.14flat$20.50+7.1%-1.3%$1.07B$145.72M8.21N/ADXDynex Capital4.14 of 5 stars$12.74+0.6%$13.56+6.5%-0.9%$1.01B$207.52M10.0622Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsRWTRedwood Trust4.1096 of 5 stars$7.13flat$8.03+12.6%-8.5%$943.09M$724M12.85289Dividend IncreasePositive NewsNYMTNew York Mortgage Trust2.7479 of 5 stars$6.53+0.3%$7.75+18.7%-25.3%$591.48M$340.15M-19.6770Positive NewsIVRInvesco Mortgage Capital1.6851 of 5 stars$8.60+1.4%$10.00+16.3%-6.5%$522.28M$103.09M7.07N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Ready Capital Alternatives Two Harbors Investment Alternatives Chimera Investment Alternatives PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Alternatives MFA Financial Alternatives ARMOUR Residential REIT Alternatives Dynex Capital Alternatives Redwood Trust Alternatives New York Mortgage Trust Alternatives Invesco Mortgage Capital Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:ARI) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersUncover the Top Gold Stock of the Bull MarketGold Stocks Are Surging—Is West Red Lake Gold Mines Your Next Profit Play?Huge Alerts | Sponsored2025’s #1 Trump TradeAll the Energy You Need to Power Your Entire Life... 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