Starwood Property Trust (STWD) Competitors

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) and Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

Is STWD or NLY more profitable?

Annaly Capital Management has a net margin of 20.70% compared to Starwood Property Trust's net margin of 18.82%. Annaly Capital Management's return on equity of 14.95% beat Starwood Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Starwood Property Trust	18.82%	9.93%	1.00%
Annaly Capital Management	20.70%	14.95%	1.60%

Do analysts rate STWD or NLY?

Starwood Property Trust presently has a consensus price target of $22.07, suggesting a potential upside of 19.80%. Annaly Capital Management has a consensus price target of $21.29, suggesting a potential upside of 18.41%. Given Starwood Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Starwood Property Trust is more favorable than Annaly Capital Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Starwood Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Annaly Capital Management	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of STWD or NLY?

49.8% of Starwood Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Annaly Capital Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Starwood Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Annaly Capital Management shares are owned by company 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, STWD or NLY?

Starwood Property Trust has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Annaly Capital Management has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer STWD or NLY?

In the previous week, Annaly Capital Management had 6 more articles in the media than Starwood Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Annaly Capital Management and 20 mentions for Starwood Property Trust. Starwood Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Annaly Capital Management's score of 0.85 indicating that Starwood Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Starwood Property Trust	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Annaly Capital Management	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STWD or NLY?

Annaly Capital Management received 43 more outperform votes than Starwood Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.80% of users gave Starwood Property Trust an outperform vote while only 55.89% of users gave Annaly Capital Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Starwood Property Trust	Outperform Votes 441 68.80%	Underperform Votes 200 31.20%
Annaly Capital Management	Outperform Votes 484 55.89%	Underperform Votes 382 44.11%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, STWD or NLY?

Annaly Capital Management has higher revenue and earnings than Starwood Property Trust. Annaly Capital Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Starwood Property Trust, 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
Starwood Property Trust	$961.90M	6.47	$339.21M	$1.10	16.75
Annaly Capital Management	$1.20B	8.97	$1.00B	$1.59	11.31

Is STWD or NLY a better dividend stock?

Starwood Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Annaly Capital Management pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%. Starwood Property Trust pays out 174.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Annaly Capital Management pays out 176.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Annaly Capital Management beats Starwood Property Trust on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.