EARN vs. MDV, LFT, ACR, CHMI, MITT, AJX, ONL, CIO, BHR, and CMCT
Should you be buying Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT include Modiv Industrial (MDV), Lument Finance Trust (LFT), ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), Great Ajax (AJX), Orion Office REIT (ONL), City Office REIT (CIO), Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR), and Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (CMCT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (NYSE:EARN) and Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
20.4% of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.2% of Modiv Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Modiv Industrial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Modiv Industrial has a beta of -0.31, indicating that its share price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.24%. Given Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT is more favorable than Modiv Industrial.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT received 164 more outperform votes than Modiv Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Modiv Industrial an outperform vote while only 51.35% of users gave Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT an outperform vote.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.2%. Modiv Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT pays out 369.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Modiv Industrial pays out -81.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Modiv Industrial had 1 more articles in the media than Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Modiv Industrial and 4 mentions for Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT. Modiv Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's score of 0.26 indicating that Modiv Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Modiv Industrial's net margin of -14.09%. Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's return on equity of 10.85% beat Modiv Industrial's return on equity.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Modiv Industrial. Modiv Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT beats Modiv Industrial on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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