Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) Competitors

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) and ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.

Is ARI or ARR a better dividend stock?

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.5%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays out -822.9% 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 better earnings & valuation, ARI or ARR?

ARMOUR Residential REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 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
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	$179.60M	7.32	-$119.64M	-$0.03	-315.47
ARMOUR Residential REIT	-$478K	-2,817.64	-$14.39M	-$0.35	-47.07

Do analysts prefer ARI or ARR?

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance presently has a consensus target price of $9.88, suggesting a potential upside of 4.34%. ARMOUR Residential REIT has a consensus target price of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.43%. Given ARMOUR Residential REIT's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ARMOUR Residential REIT 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
ARMOUR Residential REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the media refer more to ARI or ARR?

In the previous week, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance had 9 more articles in the media than ARMOUR Residential REIT. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance and 20 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's score of 0.56 indicating that ARMOUR Residential REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ARMOUR Residential REIT	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, ARI or ARR?

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARI or ARR?

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance received 58 more outperform votes than ARMOUR Residential REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.27% of users gave Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave ARMOUR Residential REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	Outperform Votes 323 57.27%	Underperform Votes 241 42.73%
ARMOUR Residential REIT	Outperform Votes 265 49.07%	Underperform Votes 275 50.93%

Is ARI or ARR more profitable?

ARMOUR Residential REIT has a net margin of -2.61% compared to Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's net margin of -39.40%. ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity of 16.00% beat Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	-39.40%	9.37%	2.03%
ARMOUR Residential REIT	-2.61%	16.00%	1.65%

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

54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held 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.

Summary

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.