Two Harbors Investment (TWO) Competitors $11.02 +0.15 (+1.33%) Closing price 04/15/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$11.05 +0.04 (+0.32%) As of 04:00 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock TWO vs. ARR, ARI, PMT, DX, MFA, CIM, RC, RWT, NYMT, and IVRShould you be buying Two Harbors Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Two Harbors Investment include ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Dynex Capital (DX), MFA Financial (MFA), Chimera Investment (CIM), Ready Capital (RC), Redwood Trust (RWT), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry. Two Harbors Investment vs. ARMOUR Residential REIT Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Dynex Capital MFA Financial Chimera Investment Ready Capital Redwood Trust New York Mortgage Trust Invesco Mortgage Capital ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) and Two Harbors Investment (NYSE:TWO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation. Which has more volatility and risk, ARR or TWO? ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Two Harbors Investment has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARR or TWO? Two Harbors Investment received 258 more outperform votes than ARMOUR Residential REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.84% of users gave Two Harbors Investment an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave ARMOUR Residential REIT an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformARMOUR Residential REITOutperform Votes26449.07% Underperform Votes27450.93% Two Harbors InvestmentOutperform Votes52266.84% Underperform Votes25933.16% Do institutionals & insiders believe in ARR or TWO? 54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Two Harbors Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Two Harbors Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts recommend ARR or TWO? ARMOUR Residential REIT currently has a consensus price target of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 43.91%. Two Harbors Investment has a consensus price target of $13.81, suggesting a potential upside of 25.41%. Given ARMOUR Residential REIT's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ARMOUR Residential REIT is more favorable than Two Harbors Investment.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) 2.00Two Harbors Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.57 Is ARR or TWO more profitable? Two Harbors Investment has a net margin of 66.24% compared to ARMOUR Residential REIT's net margin of -2.61%. ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity of 16.00% beat Two Harbors Investment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets ARMOUR Residential REIT-2.61% 16.00% 1.65% Two Harbors Investment 66.24%6.52%0.81% Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ARR or TWO? Two Harbors Investment has higher revenue and earnings than ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Two Harbors Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioARMOUR Residential REIT-$478K-2,383.15-$14.39M-$0.43-33.13Two Harbors Investment$510.75M2.24$298.17M$2.115.22 Is ARR or TWO a better dividend stock? ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.2%. Two Harbors Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.3%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays out -669.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Two Harbors Investment pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ARMOUR Residential REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Does the media favor ARR or TWO? In the previous week, Two Harbors Investment had 1 more articles in the media than ARMOUR Residential REIT. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Two Harbors Investment and 7 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Two Harbors Investment's score of 0.50 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 4 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Two Harbors Investment 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryTwo Harbors Investment beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Two Harbors Investment News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TWO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart TWO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricTwo Harbors InvestmentReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.15B$6.68B$10.85B$18.52BDividend Yield15.79%7.47%6.00%4.23%P/E Ratio5.2257.1521.5831.15Price / Sales2.246.5025.4325.69Price / Cash11.7317.3217.6117.53Price / Book0.751.602.574.29Net Income$298.17M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-3.63%-0.90%0.14%-0.79%1 Month Performance-19.51%-8.67%-3.46%-6.88%1 Year Performance-5.49%4.13%534.69%1.74% Two Harbors Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)TWOTwo Harbors Investment3.5353 of 5 stars$11.02+1.3%$13.81+25.4%-7.3%$1.15B$510.75M5.22100ARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.8066 of 5 stars$14.59-3.2%$20.50+40.5%-20.1%$1.17B$-478,000.00-34.09N/AHigh Trading VolumeARIApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance1.9829 of 5 stars$8.36-4.2%$9.50+13.7%-21.1%$1.16B$195.66M-8.82N/AAnalyst UpgradePMTPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust3.4969 of 5 stars$13.09-4.3%$15.20+16.1%-4.5%$1.14B$183.53M9.861Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsDXDynex Capital3.9725 of 5 stars$11.72-3.4%$13.56+15.7%+1.3%$1.13B$150.40M8.0020Upcoming EarningsDividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↓High Trading VolumeMFAMFA Financial3.5327 of 5 stars$8.95-6.6%$13.70+53.2%-17.5%$919.85M$252.85M11.08350High Trading VolumeCIMChimera Investment4.4476 of 5 stars$10.94-6.8%$16.00+46.2%-7.9%$891.12M$257.93M10.2040RCReady Capital3.0314 of 5 stars$4.66-1.2%$7.50+61.1%-46.9%$803.98M$27.35M-6.68600RWTRedwood Trust4.0114 of 5 stars$5.01-6.4%$7.75+54.8%-4.6%$663.26M$223.32M15.17300Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeNYMTNew York Mortgage Trust3.7397 of 5 stars$5.54-5.9%$7.00+26.4%-20.8%$503.10M$241.49M-4.8770News CoverageIVRInvesco Mortgage Capital2.2644 of 5 stars$6.60-5.0%$10.00+51.6%-20.6%$433.09M$79.55M10.21N/AShort Interest ↑High Trading Volume Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARMOUR Residential REIT Alternatives Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Alternatives PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Alternatives Dynex Capital Alternatives MFA Financial Alternatives Chimera Investment Alternatives Ready Capital Alternatives Redwood Trust Alternatives New York Mortgage Trust Alternatives Invesco Mortgage Capital Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:TWO) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe Crypto Market is About to Change LivesI've discovered something so significant about the 2025 crypto market that I had to put everything else aside ...Crypto 101 Media | SponsoredTwo Unmistakable Patterns Return…The signs suggest we're entering one of those rare periods now. 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