New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT) Competitors

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) and New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ:NYMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ARI or NYMT?

54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, ARI or NYMT?

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New York Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ARI or NYMT a better dividend stock?

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. New York Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays out -3,333.3% 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.

Is ARI or NYMT more profitable?

New York Mortgage Trust has a net margin of -15.46% compared to Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's net margin of -39.40%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 9.37% beat New York Mortgage Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	-39.40%	9.37%	2.03%
New York Mortgage Trust	-15.46%	-1.39%	-0.15%

Do analysts rate ARI or NYMT?

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance presently has a consensus price target of $10.13, suggesting a potential upside of 1.45%. New York Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $7.83, suggesting a potential upside of 12.55%. Given New York Mortgage Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe New York Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
New York Mortgage Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARI or NYMT?

New York Mortgage Trust received 14 more outperform votes than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.17% of users gave Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance an outperform vote while only 55.25% of users gave New York Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	Outperform Votes 323 57.17%	Underperform Votes 242 42.83%
New York Mortgage Trust	Outperform Votes 337 55.25%	Underperform Votes 273 44.75%

Does the media refer more to ARI or NYMT?

In the previous week, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance both had 4 articles in the media. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat New York Mortgage Trust's score of 0.76 indicating that Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
New York Mortgage Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ARI or NYMT?

New York Mortgage Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New York Mortgage Trust, 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
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	$179.60M	7.72	-$119.64M	-$0.03	-332.67
New York Mortgage Trust	$274.64M	2.29	-$48.67M	-$0.06	-116.00

Summary

New York Mortgage Trust beats Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.