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Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) Competitors

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ARI vs. ACRE, BRSP, BXMT, CIM, EFC, LADR, MFA, NLY, RITM, and STWD

Should you be buying Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance include Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), BrightSpire Capital (BRSP), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Chimera Investment (CIM), Ellington Financial (EFC), Ladder Capital (LADR), MFA Financial (MFA), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Rithm Capital (RITM), and Starwood Property Trust (STWD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance vs. Its Competitors

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

Ares Commercial Real Estate currently has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.79%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a consensus price target of $10.13, indicating a potential upside of 2.69%. Given Ares Commercial Real Estate's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ares Commercial Real Estate is more favorable than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ares Commercial Real Estate
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Ares Commercial Real Estate has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a net margin of 3.77% compared to Ares Commercial Real Estate's net margin of -20.22%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 8.89% beat Ares Commercial Real Estate's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ares Commercial Real Estate-20.22% -1.51% -0.46%
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 3.77%8.89%1.90%

Ares Commercial Real Estate has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Commercial Real Estate, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ares Commercial Real Estate$69.65M3.75-$34.99M-$0.25-19.00
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance$303.67M4.51-$119.64M-$0.03-328.67

In the previous week, Ares Commercial Real Estate had 3 more articles in the media than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ares Commercial Real Estate and 1 mentions for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. Ares Commercial Real Estate's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that Ares Commercial Real Estate is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ares Commercial Real Estate
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

41.3% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ares Commercial Real Estate pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Ares Commercial Real Estate pays out -240.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays out -3,333.3% 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

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance beats Ares Commercial Real Estate on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ARI vs. The Competition

MetricApollo Commercial Real Estate FinanceREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.36B$1.42B$11.91B$20.52B
Dividend Yield10.19%12.89%5.57%3.78%
P/E Ratio-328.6716.3419.9827.79
Price / Sales4.512.8425.4340.48
Price / Cash22.7110.7621.4422.26
Price / Book0.730.772.264.58
Net Income-$119.64M$79.73M$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.50%-0.82%0.22%0.41%
1 Month Performance-1.65%1.85%2.88%3.59%
1 Year Performance-0.95%-7.87%541.16%14.47%

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARI
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
2.313 of 5 stars
$9.86
+0.5%
$10.13
+2.7%
-0.6%$1.36B$303.67M-328.67N/A
ACRE
Ares Commercial Real Estate
3.3349 of 5 stars
$4.75
-3.7%
$5.50
+15.8%
-29.7%$261.30M$69.65M-19.003,200
BRSP
BrightSpire Capital
2.9843 of 5 stars
$5.07
-3.2%
$7.15
+41.0%
-14.5%$661.43M$244.77M-9.0550News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
BXMT
Blackstone Mortgage Trust
3.3628 of 5 stars
$19.29
-2.2%
$20.50
+6.3%
+10.7%$3.31B$1.77B-41.93N/APositive News
CIM
Chimera Investment
3.6617 of 5 stars
$13.88
-1.3%
$15.50
+11.7%
+7.9%$1.12B$760.95M9.2540Positive News
EFC
Ellington Financial
3.6644 of 5 stars
$12.99
+0.1%
$14.83
+14.2%
+7.2%$1.23B$136.41M9.21170Dividend Announcement
LADR
Ladder Capital
4.7788 of 5 stars
$10.75
-1.1%
$13.20
+22.8%
-2.1%$1.38B$261.13M13.1160
MFA
MFA Financial
3.8466 of 5 stars
$9.47
-1.8%
$12.92
+36.4%
-9.1%$972.12M$264.48M9.66350News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
NLY
Annaly Capital Management
3.8111 of 5 stars
$18.84
-2.9%
$21.00
+11.5%
+2.8%$11.26B$898.19M21.17160
RITM
Rithm Capital
4.2423 of 5 stars
$11.30
-0.9%
$13.56
+20.0%
+10.1%$5.99B$5.21B9.426,045
STWD
Starwood Property Trust
3.3756 of 5 stars
$20.08
-1.6%
$21.83
+8.7%
+8.9%$6.82B$1.95B21.14290Positive News

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