Chimera Investment (CIM) Competitors $14.89 +0.03 (+0.20%) (As of 09:45 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends CIM vs. RC, ARI, TWO, PMT, MFA, ARR, DX, RWT, NYMT, and IVRShould you be buying Chimera Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chimera Investment include Ready Capital (RC), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), 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. Chimera Investment vs. Ready Capital Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Two Harbors Investment PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust MFA Financial ARMOUR Residential REIT Dynex Capital Redwood Trust New York Mortgage Trust Invesco Mortgage Capital Ready Capital (NYSE:RC) and Chimera Investment (NYSE:CIM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations. Which has more volatility and risk, RC or CIM? Ready Capital has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chimera Investment has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is RC or CIM more profitable? Chimera Investment has a net margin of 46.48% compared to Ready Capital's net margin of -11.65%. Chimera Investment's return on equity of 7.69% beat Ready Capital's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Ready Capital-11.65% 7.53% 1.49% Chimera Investment 46.48%7.69%1.56% Is RC or CIM a better dividend stock? Ready Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Chimera Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Ready Capital pays out -142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chimera Investment pays out 44.8% 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. Do analysts rate RC or CIM? Ready Capital presently has a consensus price target of $9.11, indicating a potential upside of 21.59%. Chimera Investment has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.67%. Given Ready Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ready Capital is more favorable than Chimera Investment.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Ready Capital 1 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.13Chimera Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RC or CIM? 55.9% of Ready Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of Chimera Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Ready Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Chimera Investment shares are owned by company 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. Does the media prefer RC or CIM? In the previous week, Ready Capital had 12 more articles in the media than Chimera Investment. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ready Capital and 2 mentions for Chimera Investment. Chimera Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Ready Capital's score of 0.46 indicating that Chimera Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment 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 Chimera Investment 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has higher valuation and earnings, RC or CIM? Ready Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chimera Investment. Ready Capital 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 RatioReady Capital$81.15M15.55$339.45M-$0.70-10.70Chimera Investment$419.93M2.86$126.10M$3.304.50 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RC or CIM? Chimera Investment received 165 more outperform votes than Ready Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.55% of users gave Ready Capital an outperform vote while only 57.77% of users gave Chimera Investment an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformReady CapitalOutperform Votes24460.55% Underperform Votes15939.45% Chimera InvestmentOutperform Votes40957.77% Underperform Votes29942.23% SummaryReady Capital beats Chimera Investment on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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 CIM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricChimera InvestmentReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.20B$7.18B$10.72B$19.67BDividend Yield9.81%6.61%10.17%3.51%P/E Ratio4.5044.2734.6143.80Price / Sales2.869.873,049.5617.45Price / Cash4.7117.8029.8621.73Price / Book0.442.632.785.46Net Income$126.10M$145.32M$1.03B$987.68M7 Day Performance-1.00%-0.79%-1.42%-2.32%1 Month Performance0.64%-0.22%-0.08%0.63%1 Year Performance-0.23%5.68%16.60%16.39% Chimera Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CIMChimera Investment4.3095 of 5 stars$14.89+0.2%$16.00+7.5%-1.3%$1.20B$419.93M4.5140Positive NewsRCReady Capital1.9569 of 5 stars$7.57+1.6%$9.11+20.3%-31.3%$1.28B$81.15M-10.77350Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionARIApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance2.601 of 5 stars$9.22+0.7%$9.63+4.4%-25.2%$1.27B$201.16M-9.96N/ATWOTwo Harbors Investment3.1646 of 5 stars$11.98+1.2%$13.71+14.4%-17.8%$1.24B$-255,294,000.00-2.46100News CoveragePMTPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust4.2859 of 5 stars$13.70+1.1%$15.17+10.7%-11.5%$1.19B$429.02M9.961Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsMFAMFA Financial3.938 of 5 stars$10.96+1.3%$14.00+27.7%-7.9%$1.12B$605.60M6.81377Dividend AnnouncementARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.793 of 5 stars$19.19+0.3%$20.50+6.8%-1.3%$1.07B$145.72M8.21N/ADXDynex Capital4.14 of 5 stars$12.76+0.7%$13.56+6.3%-0.9%$1.01B$207.52M10.0622Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsRWTRedwood Trust4.0993 of 5 stars$7.10-0.4%$8.03+13.1%-8.5%$939.12M$724M12.85289Dividend IncreasePositive NewsNYMTNew York Mortgage Trust2.7479 of 5 stars$6.52+0.2%$7.75+18.9%-25.3%$590.58M$340.15M-19.6770Positive NewsIVRInvesco Mortgage Capital1.6896 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 Competitors Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Competitors Two Harbors Investment Competitors PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Competitors MFA Financial Competitors ARMOUR Residential REIT Competitors Dynex Capital Competitors Redwood Trust Competitors New York Mortgage Trust Competitors Invesco Mortgage Capital Competitors 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:CIM) 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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