Granite Point Mortgage Trust (GPMT) Competitors

GAMCO Investors (NYSE:GAMI) and Granite Point Mortgage Trust (NYSE:GPMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GAMI or GPMT?

3.3% of GAMCO Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Granite Point Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 81.2% of GAMCO Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Granite Point Mortgage Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, GAMI or GPMT?

GAMCO Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Point Mortgage Trust. Granite Point Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GAMCO Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GAMCO Investors	$231.40M	2.59	$64.46M	$2.64	9.38
Granite Point Mortgage Trust	$185.55M	0.78	-$207.05M	-$4.39	-0.66

Does the media refer more to GAMI or GPMT?

In the previous week, Granite Point Mortgage Trust had 5 more articles in the media than GAMCO Investors. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Granite Point Mortgage Trust and 1 mentions for GAMCO Investors. GAMCO Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Granite Point Mortgage Trust's score of 1.10 indicating that GAMCO Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GAMCO Investors	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Granite Point Mortgage Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, GAMI or GPMT?

GAMCO Investors has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Point Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GAMI or GPMT a better dividend stock?

GAMCO Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Granite Point Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. GAMCO Investors pays out 6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Granite Point Mortgage Trust pays out -4.6% 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. Granite Point Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GAMI or GPMT?

Granite Point Mortgage Trust received 206 more outperform votes than GAMCO Investors when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GAMCO Investors	N/A	N/A
Granite Point Mortgage Trust	Outperform Votes 206 57.22%	Underperform Votes 154 42.78%

Is GAMI or GPMT more profitable?

GAMCO Investors has a net margin of 27.86% compared to Granite Point Mortgage Trust's net margin of -111.59%. GAMCO Investors' return on equity of 36.01% beat Granite Point Mortgage Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GAMCO Investors	27.86%	36.01%	23.05%
Granite Point Mortgage Trust	-111.59%	-14.08%	-4.02%

Do analysts rate GAMI or GPMT?

Granite Point Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $3.63, suggesting a potential upside of 25.91%. Given Granite Point Mortgage Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Granite Point Mortgage Trust is more favorable than GAMCO Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GAMCO Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Granite Point Mortgage Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

GAMCO Investors beats Granite Point Mortgage Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.