EARN vs. MDV, LFT, AJX, GPMT, BHR, CHMI, ACR, MITT, FSP, and CIO
Should you be buying Ellington Credit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellington Credit include Modiv Industrial (MDV), Lument Finance Trust (LFT), Great Ajax (AJX), Granite Point Mortgage Trust (GPMT), Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR), AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), Franklin Street Properties (FSP), and City Office REIT (CIO). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Ellington Credit (NYSE:EARN) and Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Modiv Industrial had 5 more articles in the media than Ellington Credit. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Modiv Industrial and 2 mentions for Ellington Credit. Modiv Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Ellington Credit's score of 0.33 indicating that Modiv Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
20.4% of Ellington Credit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.2% of Modiv Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Ellington Credit shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Modiv Industrial shares are owned 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.
Ellington Credit has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Modiv Industrial. Modiv Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ellington Credit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Modiv Industrial has a net margin of 1.80% compared to Ellington Credit's net margin of 0.00%. Ellington Credit's return on equity of 12.21% beat Modiv Industrial's return on equity.
Ellington Credit pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. Modiv Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Ellington Credit pays out 331.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Modiv Industrial pays out -244.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Ellington Credit has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Modiv Industrial has a beta of -0.22, indicating that its stock price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ellington Credit presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.67%. Modiv Industrial has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.27%. Given Modiv Industrial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Modiv Industrial is more favorable than Ellington Credit.
Ellington Credit received 163 more outperform votes than Modiv Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Modiv Industrial an outperform vote while only 51.35% of users gave Ellington Credit an outperform vote.
Summary
Ellington Credit and Modiv Industrial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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