New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT) Competitors

ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) and New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ:NYMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Does the media refer more to ARR or NYMT?

In the previous week, ARMOUR Residential REIT had 3 more articles in the media than New York Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT and 3 mentions for New York Mortgage Trust. New York Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat ARMOUR Residential REIT's score of 0.68 indicating that New York Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARMOUR Residential REIT	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
New York Mortgage Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ARR or NYMT?

ARMOUR Residential REIT has higher revenue and earnings than New York Mortgage Trust. New York Mortgage Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARMOUR Residential REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ARMOUR Residential REIT	$550.95M	2.50	-$14.39M	-$0.35	-48.17
New York Mortgage Trust	$401.28M	1.53	-$62.03M	-$0.06	-113.50

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ARR or NYMT?

54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer ARR or NYMT?

ARMOUR Residential REIT presently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.56%. New York Mortgage Trust has a consensus target price of $7.83, suggesting a potential upside of 15.03%. Given ARMOUR Residential REIT's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ARMOUR Residential REIT is more favorable than New York Mortgage Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARMOUR Residential REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
New York Mortgage Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is ARR or NYMT more profitable?

New York Mortgage Trust has a net margin of 8.50% compared to ARMOUR Residential REIT's net margin of -0.27%. ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity of 16.42% beat New York Mortgage Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARMOUR Residential REIT	-0.27%	16.42%	1.73%
New York Mortgage Trust	8.50%	2.51%	0.25%

Which has more risk & volatility, ARR or NYMT?

ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New York Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ARR or NYMT a better dividend stock?

ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.1%. New York Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays out -822.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. New York Mortgage Trust pays out -1,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

ARMOUR Residential REIT beats New York Mortgage Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.