Starwood Property Trust (STWD) Competitors

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

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

51.6% of Annaly Capital Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of Starwood Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Annaly Capital Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Starwood Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is NLY or STWD 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
Annaly Capital Management	20.70%	14.95%	1.60%
Starwood Property Trust	18.82%	9.93%	1.00%

Do analysts rate NLY or STWD?

Annaly Capital Management presently has a consensus price target of $21.44, indicating a potential downside of 0.88%. Starwood Property Trust has a consensus price target of $22.13, indicating a potential upside of 11.04%. Given Starwood Property Trust's higher possible upside, 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
Annaly Capital Management	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Starwood Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NLY or STWD?

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
Annaly Capital Management	$4.84B	2.59	$1.00B	$1.59	13.61
Starwood Property Trust	$2.05B	3.28	$339.21M	$1.17	17.03

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NLY or STWD?

Annaly Capital Management received 43 more outperform votes than Starwood Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.75% of users gave Starwood Property Trust an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave Annaly Capital Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Annaly Capital Management	Outperform Votes 483 55.84%	Underperform Votes 382 44.16%
Starwood Property Trust	Outperform Votes 440 68.75%	Underperform Votes 200 31.25%

Which has more risk and volatility, NLY or STWD?

Annaly Capital Management has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Starwood Property Trust has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NLY or STWD a better dividend stock?

Annaly Capital Management pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Starwood Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Annaly Capital Management pays out 163.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Starwood Property Trust pays out 164.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Annaly Capital Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer NLY or STWD?

In the previous week, Annaly Capital Management had 8 more articles in the media than Starwood Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Annaly Capital Management and 5 mentions for Starwood Property Trust. Starwood Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Annaly Capital Management's score of 1.14 indicating that Starwood Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Annaly Capital Management	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Starwood Property Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Annaly Capital Management beats Starwood Property Trust on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.