TWO vs. PMT, ARI, RC, MFA, CIM, ARR, RWT, DX, NYMT, and IVR
Should you be buying Two Harbors Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Two Harbors Investment include PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Ready Capital (RC), MFA Financial (MFA), Chimera Investment (CIM), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Redwood Trust (RWT), Dynex Capital (DX), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry.
Two Harbors Investment (NYSE:TWO) and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:PMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Two Harbors Investment had 2 more articles in the media than PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Two Harbors Investment and 4 mentions for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Two Harbors Investment's score of 0.53 indicating that PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Two Harbors Investment has a net margin of 56.90% compared to PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust's net margin of 45.19%. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust's return on equity of 13.25% beat Two Harbors Investment's return on equity.
Two Harbors Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Two Harbors Investment pays out 101.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust pays out 106.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Two Harbors Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Two Harbors Investment currently has a consensus target price of $14.57, indicating a potential upside of 11.83%. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has a consensus target price of $14.92, indicating a potential downside of 0.82%. Given Two Harbors Investment's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Two Harbors Investment is more favorable than PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust.
Two Harbors Investment received 106 more outperform votes than PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.90% of users gave Two Harbors Investment an outperform vote while only 63.26% of users gave PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust an outperform vote.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Two Harbors Investment. Two Harbors Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Two Harbors Investment has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
64.2% of Two Harbors Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Two Harbors Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Two Harbors Investment and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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