Chimera Investment (CIM) Competitors $13.33 -0.16 (-1.19%) Closing price 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$13.40 +0.07 (+0.56%) As of 07:09 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock CIM vs. ARR, TWO, ARI, DX, PMT, MFA, RWT, RC, NYMT, and IVRShould you be buying Chimera Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chimera Investment include ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Dynex Capital (DX), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), MFA Financial (MFA), Redwood Trust (RWT), Ready Capital (RC), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry. Chimera Investment vs. ARMOUR Residential REIT Two Harbors Investment Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Dynex Capital PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust MFA Financial Redwood Trust Ready Capital New York Mortgage Trust Invesco Mortgage Capital ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) and Chimera Investment (NYSE:CIM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk. Is ARR or CIM a better dividend stock? ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.8%. Chimera Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays out -669.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chimera Investment pays out 137.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ARMOUR Residential REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has better valuation and earnings, ARR or CIM? Chimera Investment has higher revenue and earnings than ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chimera Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioARMOUR Residential REIT-$478K-3,831.50-$14.39M-$0.43-42.40Chimera Investment$257.93M4.19$176.07M$1.0812.35 Do analysts prefer ARR or CIM? ARMOUR Residential REIT currently has a consensus target price of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.45%. Chimera Investment has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.94%. Given Chimera Investment's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chimera Investment is more favorable than ARMOUR Residential REIT.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) 2.00Chimera Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ARR or CIM? 54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of Chimera Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Chimera Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk and volatility, ARR or CIM? ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chimera Investment has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer ARR or CIM? In the previous week, ARMOUR Residential REIT and ARMOUR Residential REIT both had 6 articles in the media. ARMOUR Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Chimera Investment's score of 0.84 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 5 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Chimera Investment 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARR or CIM? Chimera Investment received 145 more outperform votes than ARMOUR Residential REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.52% of users gave Chimera Investment an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave ARMOUR Residential REIT an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformARMOUR Residential REITOutperform Votes26449.07% Underperform Votes27450.93% Chimera InvestmentOutperform Votes40957.52% Underperform Votes30242.48% Is ARR or CIM more profitable? Chimera Investment has a net margin of 20.28% compared to ARMOUR Residential REIT's net margin of -2.61%. ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity of 16.00% beat Chimera Investment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets ARMOUR Residential REIT-2.61% 16.00% 1.65% Chimera Investment 20.28%7.00%1.41% SummaryChimera Investment beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Chimera Investment News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CIM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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 CIM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricChimera InvestmentReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.08B$7.01B$11.47B$19.75BDividend Yield10.86%6.58%5.57%3.75%P/E Ratio12.3563.1622.8934.06Price / Sales4.196.8525.7728.49Price / Cash4.9517.3217.6117.54Price / Book0.431.712.814.63Net Income$176.07M$177.71M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance-2.44%-0.86%1.67%1.17%1 Month Performance-4.88%-2.49%496.27%-1.04%1 Year Performance-1.73%6.28%540.30%7.12% Chimera Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CIMChimera Investment4.3046 of 5 stars$13.33-1.2%$16.00+20.0%+0.5%$1.08B$257.93M12.3440Dividend AnnouncementARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.808 of 5 stars$18.70+0.7%$20.50+9.7%-3.5%$1.88B$-478,000.00-43.48N/APositive NewsTWOTwo Harbors Investment2.3275 of 5 stars$13.87+1.4%$13.96+0.7%+6.3%$1.44B$510.75M6.57100Dividend AnnouncementARIApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance1.5243 of 5 stars$10.00+0.2%$9.08-9.1%-12.9%$1.39B$195.66M-10.53N/APositive NewsDXDynex Capital3.1271 of 5 stars$14.33+0.7%$13.56-5.3%+13.0%$1.30B$150.40M9.7420Positive NewsPMTPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust2.7919 of 5 stars$14.57+0.4%$15.20+4.4%+1.7%$1.27B$183.53M10.951Positive NewsMFAMFA Financial3.8101 of 5 stars$10.94+0.4%$13.70+25.3%-5.0%$1.12B$252.85M13.52350RWTRedwood Trust4.2835 of 5 stars$6.37-0.4%$7.75+21.8%-2.3%$843.49M$223.32M19.29300Positive NewsRCReady Capital3.6676 of 5 stars$4.99-0.5%$7.50+50.5%-44.9%$813.31M$27.35M-7.12600NYMTNew York Mortgage Trust2.3718 of 5 stars$6.81-0.4%$7.00+2.9%-2.2%$616.31M$241.49M-5.9770Dividend AnnouncementIVRInvesco Mortgage Capital1.9469 of 5 stars$8.61+0.9%$10.00+16.2%-7.2%$531.19M$79.55M13.24N/ADividend CutNews Coverage Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARMOUR Residential REIT Competitors Two Harbors Investment Competitors Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Competitors Dynex Capital Competitors PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Competitors MFA Financial Competitors Redwood Trust Competitors Ready Capital Competitors New York Mortgage Trust Competitors Invesco Mortgage Capital Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:CIM) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersYour Wealth is Under AttackPlease don't wait—this is your moment to take action. 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