AJX vs. LFT, CHMI, EARN, MDV, ACR, GPMT, BHR, CMCT, CLPR, and LOAN
Should you be buying Great Ajax stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Ajax include Lument Finance Trust (LFT), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (EARN), Modiv Industrial (MDV), ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR), Granite Point Mortgage Trust (GPMT), Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR), Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (CMCT), Clipper Realty (CLPR), and Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Lument Finance Trust (NYSE:LFT) and Great Ajax (NYSE:AJX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Great Ajax's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Lument Finance Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
19.5% of Lument Finance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Great Ajax shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Lument Finance Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Great Ajax shares are owned 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.
Lument Finance Trust presently has a consensus price target of $2.58, suggesting a potential downside of 0.26%. Great Ajax has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 121.24%. Given Lument Finance Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Great Ajax is more favorable than Lument Finance Trust.
Lument Finance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Great Ajax. Great Ajax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lument Finance Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lument Finance Trust has a net margin of 16.43% compared to Lument Finance Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Great Ajax's return on equity of 12.59% beat Lument Finance Trust's return on equity.
Lument Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Great Ajax pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Lument Finance Trust pays out 87.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Great Ajax pays out -6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lument Finance Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Lument Finance Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Great Ajax received 133 more outperform votes than Lument Finance Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.25% of users gave Lument Finance Trust an outperform vote while only 57.54% of users gave Great Ajax an outperform vote.
Lument Finance Trust has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Ajax has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lument Finance Trust beats Great Ajax on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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