DX vs. NYMT, ARR, IVR, CIM, ACRE, MFA, PMT, TWO, ARI, and RC
Should you be buying Dynex Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dynex Capital include New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), Chimera Investment (CIM), Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), MFA Financial (MFA), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), and Ready Capital (RC). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry.
Dynex Capital (NYSE:DX) and New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ:NYMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, New York Mortgage Trust had 9 more articles in the media than Dynex Capital. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for New York Mortgage Trust and 2 mentions for Dynex Capital. Dynex Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat New York Mortgage Trust's score of 0.33 indicating that Dynex Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dynex Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than New York Mortgage Trust. New York Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynex Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dynex Capital has a net margin of 30.50% compared to New York Mortgage Trust's net margin of -44.65%. New York Mortgage Trust's return on equity of -2.60% beat Dynex Capital's return on equity.
Dynex Capital has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New York Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
38.3% of Dynex Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Dynex Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dynex Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. New York Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Dynex Capital pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. New York Mortgage Trust pays out -43.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. New York Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
New York Mortgage Trust received 35 more outperform votes than Dynex Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.68% of users gave Dynex Capital an outperform vote while only 56.32% of users gave New York Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
Dynex Capital currently has a consensus price target of $13.31, indicating a potential upside of 9.34%. New York Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $9.88, indicating a potential upside of 60.57%. Given New York Mortgage Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New York Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Dynex Capital.
Summary
New York Mortgage Trust beats Dynex Capital on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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