Chimera Investment (CIM) Competitors $14.31 +0.42 (+3.02%) Closing price 06/12/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$14.20 -0.11 (-0.76%) As of 08:07 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock CIM vs. ARI, ARR, DX, TWO, PMT, MFA, RWT, RC, NYMT, and IVRShould you be buying Chimera Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chimera Investment include Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Dynex Capital (DX), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), MFA Financial (MFA), Redwood Trust (RWT), Ready Capital (RC), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry. Chimera Investment vs. Its Competitors Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance ARMOUR Residential REIT Dynex Capital Two Harbors Investment PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust MFA Financial Redwood Trust Ready Capital New York Mortgage Trust Invesco Mortgage Capital Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) and Chimera Investment (NYSE:CIM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends. Does the media favor ARI or CIM? In the previous week, Chimera Investment had 8 more articles in the media than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Chimera Investment and 3 mentions for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. Chimera Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's score of 0.59 indicating that Chimera Investment 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 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Chimera Investment 3 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is ARI or CIM 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%. Chimera Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays out -3,333.3% 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. Chimera Investment has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Chimera Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Is ARI or CIM more profitable? Chimera Investment has a net margin of 20.28% 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 Chimera Investment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance-39.40% 9.37% 2.03% Chimera Investment 20.28%7.00%1.41% Do analysts rate ARI or CIM? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance currently has a consensus price target of $10.13, suggesting a potential upside of 1.45%. Chimera Investment has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.32%. Given Chimera Investment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chimera Investment 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) 2.40Chimera Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.33 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ARI or CIM? 54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of Chimera Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Chimera Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARI or CIM? Chimera Investment received 88 more outperform votes than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.64% of users gave Chimera Investment an outperform vote while only 57.17% of users gave Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformApollo Commercial Real Estate FinanceOutperform Votes32357.17% Underperform Votes24242.83% Chimera InvestmentOutperform Votes41157.64% Underperform Votes30242.36% Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ARI or CIM? Chimera Investment 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 Chimera Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance$179.60M7.72-$119.64M-$0.03-332.67Chimera Investment$309.07M3.75$176.07M$1.509.54 Which has more volatility & risk, ARI or CIM? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chimera Investment has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryChimera Investment beats Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Chimera Investment News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CIM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CIM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart CIM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricChimera InvestmentReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.16B$7.08B$11.72B$19.88BDividend Yield10.92%6.77%5.65%3.82%P/E Ratio13.2564.4223.0535.60Price / Sales3.758.6326.8043.81Price / Cash4.9517.3217.6017.51Price / Book0.461.702.894.85Net Income$176.07M$177.71M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance5.22%1.10%0.67%0.90%1 Month Performance9.91%2.09%1.15%2.35%1 Year Performance20.00%5.81%540.94%10.79% Chimera Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CIMChimera Investment3.5049 of 5 stars$14.31+3.0%$15.50+8.3%+21.2%$1.16B$309.07M13.2540News CoverageDividend AnnouncementARIApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance2.0202 of 5 stars$9.75-0.8%$10.13+3.8%-0.2%$1.35B$179.60M-10.26N/ADividend AnnouncementARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.6909 of 5 stars$16.06-0.9%$20.50+27.6%-12.7%$1.31B$4.08M-37.35N/ADXDynex Capital3.7368 of 5 stars$11.91-1.1%$12.83+7.8%+5.9%$1.28B$108.02M8.1020News CoverageDividend AnnouncementTWOTwo Harbors Investment3.1737 of 5 stars$10.25-3.3%$13.14+28.3%-15.1%$1.07B$216.08M4.86100Short Interest ↑High Trading VolumePMTPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust3.6068 of 5 stars$12.12-1.3%$14.50+19.7%-6.2%$1.05B$150.20M9.111Positive NewsMFAMFA Financial3.6308 of 5 stars$9.23-0.8%$12.92+40.0%-8.9%$946.97M$264.48M11.39350Dividend AnnouncementRWTRedwood Trust4.9012 of 5 stars$5.39-1.2%$7.44+38.2%-10.2%$716.84M$256.21M16.32300Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementRCReady Capital2.4108 of 5 stars$4.18-6.5%$6.96+66.5%-46.4%$712.72M$20.60M-5.97600NYMTNew York Mortgage Trust2.7993 of 5 stars$6.42-1.7%$7.83+22.0%+16.8%$579.71M$274.64M-5.6370Short Interest ↑IVRInvesco Mortgage Capital2.576 of 5 stars$7.29-1.3%$10.00+37.3%-14.1%$480.39M$69.84M11.21N/APositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Competitors ARMOUR Residential REIT Competitors Dynex Capital Competitors Two Harbors Investment Competitors PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Competitors MFA Financial Competitors Redwood Trust Competitors Ready Capital Competitors New York Mortgage Trust Competitors Invesco Mortgage Capital Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:CIM) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s NEXT Big IPO?Cancel your internet TODAY!? 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