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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer ARR or NYMT?

ARMOUR Residential REIT presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.74%. New York Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $7.56, suggesting a potential upside of 12.20%. Given New York Mortgage Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New York Mortgage Trust is more favorable than ARMOUR Residential REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARMOUR Residential REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
New York Mortgage Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

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 -4.55%. ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity of 15.89% beat New York Mortgage Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARMOUR Residential REIT	-4.55%	15.89%	1.64%
New York Mortgage Trust	8.50%	2.51%	0.25%

Does the media refer more to ARR or NYMT?

In the previous week, ARMOUR Residential REIT had 12 more articles in the media than New York Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT and 6 mentions for New York Mortgage Trust. New York Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat ARMOUR Residential REIT's score of -0.22 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
New York Mortgage Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 17.5%. New York Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays out -1,200.0% 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	2.73	-$14.39M	-$0.24	-68.54
New York Mortgage Trust	$401.28M	1.52	-$62.03M	-$0.06	-112.33

Which has more volatility & risk, ARR or NYMT?

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

Summary

ARMOUR Residential REIT and New York Mortgage Trust tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.