Chimera Investment (CIM) Competitors $11.14 +0.12 (+1.04%) Closing price 04/15/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$11.14 +0.01 (+0.09%) As of 04/15/2025 04:47 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, ARI, TWO, PMT, DX, MFA, RC, RWT, 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), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Dynex Capital (DX), MFA Financial (MFA), Ready Capital (RC), 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. ARMOUR Residential REIT Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Two Harbors Investment PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Dynex Capital MFA Financial Ready Capital Redwood Trust 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 companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership. Do insiders & institutionals 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Chimera Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has more volatility and risk, ARR or CIM? ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chimera Investment has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. 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% 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% Which has better earnings and valuation, 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-2,383.15-$14.39M-$0.43-33.13Chimera Investment$257.93M3.49$176.07M$1.0810.31 Do analysts prefer ARR or CIM? ARMOUR Residential REIT currently has a consensus price target of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.91%. Chimera Investment has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.69%. Given ARMOUR Residential REIT's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ARMOUR Residential REIT is more favorable than Chimera Investment.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 Does the media prefer ARR or CIM? In the previous week, ARMOUR Residential REIT and ARMOUR Residential REIT both had 7 articles in the media. ARMOUR Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Chimera Investment's score of 0.91 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 4 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Chimera Investment 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive 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 20.2%. Chimera Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. 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. SummaryChimera Investment beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 10 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$901.08M$6.68B$10.85B$18.52BDividend Yield13.61%7.47%6.00%4.23%P/E Ratio10.3157.1521.5831.15Price / Sales3.496.5025.4325.69Price / Cash4.9517.3217.6117.53Price / Book0.361.602.574.29Net Income$176.07M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-3.34%-0.90%0.14%-0.79%1 Month Performance-18.34%-8.67%-3.46%-6.88%1 Year Performance-6.39%4.13%534.69%1.74% Chimera Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CIMChimera Investment4.446 of 5 stars$11.14+1.0%$16.00+43.7%-7.9%$901.08M$257.93M10.3140ARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.805 of 5 stars$14.65-2.8%$20.50+40.0%-20.1%$1.17B$-478,000.00-33.97N/AGap DownHigh Trading VolumeARIApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance1.9613 of 5 stars$8.28-5.1%$9.50+14.8%-21.1%$1.15B$195.66M-8.75N/AAnalyst UpgradeNews CoverageTWOTwo Harbors Investment3.5287 of 5 stars$11.05-4.3%$13.96+26.3%-7.3%$1.15B$510.75M5.23100High Trading VolumePMTPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust3.4969 of 5 stars$13.05-4.6%$15.20+16.5%-4.5%$1.13B$183.53M9.811Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsDXDynex Capital3.9725 of 5 stars$11.73-3.3%$13.56+15.7%+1.3%$1.13B$150.40M7.9920Upcoming EarningsDividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↓News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeMFAMFA Financial3.5216 of 5 stars$8.91-7.0%$13.70+53.8%-17.5%$913.90M$252.85M11.01350News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeRCReady Capital3.0306 of 5 stars$4.61-2.2%$7.50+62.9%-46.9%$792.99M$27.35M-6.59600RWTRedwood Trust4.1077 of 5 stars$5.02-6.3%$7.75+54.5%-4.6%$663.66M$223.32M15.18300News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeNYMTNew York Mortgage Trust3.7316 of 5 stars$5.50-6.5%$7.00+27.4%-20.8%$497.21M$241.49M-4.8270News CoverageIVRInvesco Mortgage Capital2.1921 of 5 stars$6.59-5.1%$10.00+51.9%-20.6%$429.17M$79.55M10.12N/AShort Interest ↑High Trading Volume Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARMOUR Residential REIT Competitors Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Competitors Two Harbors Investment Competitors PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Competitors Dynex Capital Competitors MFA Financial Competitors Ready Capital Competitors Redwood Trust 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 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersGet Your Bank Account “Fed Invasion” Ready with THESE 4 Simple StepsStarting as soon as a few months from now, the United States government will make a sweeping change to bank ac...Weiss Ratings | SponsoredElon Musk Confirms: Tesla’s Optimus is Replacing Workers… and Heading to MarsElon Musk just confirmed Tesla’s robot will go to Mars. 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