RC vs. ARR, ARI, TWO, PMT, DX, MFA, CIM, RWT, NYMT, and IVR
Should you be buying Ready Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ready Capital 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), Chimera Investment (CIM), Redwood Trust (RWT), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry.
Ready Capital vs.
ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) and Ready Capital (NYSE:RC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Ready Capital has higher revenue and earnings than ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ready Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ready Capital had 32 more articles in the media than ARMOUR Residential REIT. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Ready Capital and 7 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Ready Capital's score of 0.14 indicating that ARMOUR Residential REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Ready Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Ready Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.2%. Ready Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays out -669.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ready Capital pays out -18.9% 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. ARMOUR Residential REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
ARMOUR Residential REIT currently has a consensus target price of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 43.91%. Ready Capital has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 68.35%. Given Ready Capital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ready Capital is more favorable than ARMOUR Residential REIT.
ARMOUR Residential REIT received 20 more outperform votes than Ready Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.66% of users gave Ready Capital an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave ARMOUR Residential REIT an outperform vote.
ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ready Capital has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ARMOUR Residential REIT has a net margin of -2.61% compared to Ready Capital's net margin of -11.65%. ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity of 16.00% beat Ready Capital's return on equity.
Summary
Ready Capital beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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