MITT vs. NYMT, IVR, ACRE, NLY, AGNC, STWD, ARI, TWO, RC, and CIM
Should you be buying AG Mortgage Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AG Mortgage Investment Trust include New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Ready Capital (RC), and Chimera Investment (CIM). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry.
AG Mortgage Investment Trust vs.
New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ:NYMT) and AG Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:MITT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
New York Mortgage Trust received 17 more outperform votes than AG Mortgage Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.50% of users gave AG Mortgage Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 55.65% of users gave New York Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, New York Mortgage Trust had 2 more articles in the media than AG Mortgage Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for New York Mortgage Trust and 1 mentions for AG Mortgage Investment Trust. New York Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat AG Mortgage Investment Trust's score of 0.48 indicating that New York Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
New York Mortgage Trust presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.25%. AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a consensus price target of $8.25, suggesting a potential upside of 26.05%. Given AG Mortgage Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AG Mortgage Investment Trust is more favorable than New York Mortgage Trust.
New York Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AG Mortgage Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than New York Mortgage Trust. New York Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AG Mortgage Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
54.9% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
New York Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. AG Mortgage Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. New York Mortgage Trust pays out -242.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AG Mortgage Investment Trust pays out 33.3% 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. New York Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a net margin of 20.19% compared to New York Mortgage Trust's net margin of 3.11%. AG Mortgage Investment Trust's return on equity of 9.70% beat New York Mortgage Trust's return on equity.
Summary
AG Mortgage Investment Trust beats New York Mortgage Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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