CHMI vs. CIM, EARN, MFA, NLY, ORC, STWD, PSTL, CEP, BACQ, and GIG
Should you be buying Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment include Chimera Investment (CIM), Ellington Credit (EARN), MFA Financial (MFA), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Postal Realty Trust (PSTL), Cantor Equity Partners (CEP), Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I (BACQ), and GigCapital7 (GIG).
Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment vs. Its Competitors
Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (NYSE:CHMI) and Chimera Investment (NYSE:CIM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
18.5% of Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of Chimera Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Chimera Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.4%. Chimera Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment pays out -109.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chimera Investment pays out 98.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Chimera Investment has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Chimera Investment has a net margin of 25.12% compared to Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment's net margin of -11.62%. Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment's return on equity of 14.65% beat Chimera Investment's return on equity.
Chimera Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment. Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chimera Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Chimera Investment had 3 more articles in the media than Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Chimera Investment and 2 mentions for Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment. Chimera Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment's score of 0.27 indicating that Chimera Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chimera Investment has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment currently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.35%. Chimera Investment has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.92%. Given Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment is more favorable than Chimera Investment.
Summary
Chimera Investment beats Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment 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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This page (NYSE:CHMI) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
