Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR) Competitors

ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) and Invesco Mortgage Capital (NYSE:IVR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARR or IVR?

Invesco Mortgage Capital received 155 more outperform votes than ARMOUR Residential REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.28% of users gave Invesco Mortgage Capital an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave ARMOUR Residential REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ARMOUR Residential REIT	Outperform Votes 264 49.07%	Underperform Votes 274 50.93%
Invesco Mortgage Capital	Outperform Votes 419 55.28%	Underperform Votes 339 44.72%

Is ARR or IVR a better dividend stock?

ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%. Invesco Mortgage Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.3%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays out -669.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Invesco Mortgage Capital pays out 246.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ARR or IVR?

54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Invesco Mortgage Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Invesco Mortgage Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ARR or IVR more profitable?

Invesco Mortgage Capital has a net margin of 20.90% compared to ARMOUR Residential REIT's net margin of -2.61%. Invesco Mortgage Capital's return on equity of 34.61% beat ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARMOUR Residential REIT	-2.61%	16.00%	1.65%
Invesco Mortgage Capital	20.90%	34.61%	3.29%

Do analysts rate ARR or IVR?

ARMOUR Residential REIT presently has a consensus price target of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.90%. Invesco Mortgage Capital has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.48%. Given Invesco Mortgage Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Invesco Mortgage Capital 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)	2.00
Invesco Mortgage Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ARR or IVR?

ARMOUR Residential REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Invesco Mortgage Capital. ARMOUR Residential REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco Mortgage Capital, 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
ARMOUR Residential REIT	-$478K	-3,885.10	-$14.39M	-$0.43	-42.99
Invesco Mortgage Capital	$79.55M	6.78	-$15.86M	$0.65	13.44

Which has more volatility and risk, ARR or IVR?

ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Mortgage Capital has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ARR or IVR?

In the previous week, ARMOUR Residential REIT had 5 more articles in the media than Invesco Mortgage Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT and 1 mentions for Invesco Mortgage Capital. ARMOUR Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Invesco Mortgage Capital's score of 0.00 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
Invesco Mortgage Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Invesco Mortgage Capital beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.