Chimera Investment (CIM) Competitors $14.24 +0.01 (+0.04%) Closing price 07/3/2025 03:44 PM EasternExtended Trading$14.30 +0.06 (+0.39%) As of 07/3/2025 05:00 PM 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, PMT, TWO, MFA, RC, RWT, 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), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Two Harbors Investments (TWO), MFA Financial (MFA), Ready Capital (RC), Redwood Trust (RWT), 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 PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Two Harbors Investments MFA Financial Ready Capital Redwood Trust New York Mortgage Trust Invesco Mortgage Capital Chimera Investment (NYSE:CIM) and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation. Is CIM or ARI more profitable? Chimera Investment has a net margin of 25.12% compared to Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's net margin of 3.77%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 8.89% beat Chimera Investment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Chimera Investment25.12% 7.25% 1.44% Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 3.77%8.89%1.90% Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CIM or ARI? 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 RatioChimera Investment$760.95M1.52$176.07M$1.509.50Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance$179.60M7.63-$119.64M-$0.03-328.67 Does the media favor CIM or ARI? In the previous week, Chimera Investment and Chimera Investment both had 2 articles in the media. Chimera Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that Chimera Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Chimera Investment 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do insiders & institutionals believe in CIM or ARI? 48.4% of Chimera Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Chimera Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has more risk and volatility, CIM or ARI? Chimera Investment has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate CIM or ARI? Chimera Investment currently has a consensus target price of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.81%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a consensus target price of $10.13, suggesting a potential upside of 2.69%. Given Chimera Investment's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Chimera Investment is more favorable than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Chimera Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.33Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40 Is CIM or ARI a better dividend stock? Chimera Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. 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. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chimera Investment has raised 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. SummaryChimera Investment beats Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance on 11 of the 18 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 InvestmentREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.15B$1.43B$12.04B$20.55BDividend Yield10.39%12.76%5.57%3.75%P/E Ratio9.5016.4520.0728.05Price / Sales1.522.8125.5945.87Price / Cash5.1010.9421.5022.31Price / Book0.460.772.284.59Net Income$176.07M$79.73M$1.00B$985.44M7 Day Performance1.35%1.69%2.19%2.78%1 Month Performance6.94%4.35%4.44%5.40%1 Year Performance11.38%-8.25%540.82%14.61% Chimera Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CIMChimera Investment3.6355 of 5 stars$14.25+0.0%$15.50+8.8%+11.6%$1.15B$760.95M9.5040ARIApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance2.1925 of 5 stars$9.86-0.2%$10.13+2.7%+0.9%$1.37B$303.67M-328.50N/AARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.3859 of 5 stars$16.42-0.2%$21.00+27.9%-13.4%$1.34B$550.95M-46.91N/ADXDynex Capital3.7792 of 5 stars$12.01-1.4%$12.50+4.1%+8.9%$1.29B$319.53M15.6020PMTPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust2.7357 of 5 stars$12.50+0.5%$14.50+16.0%-3.7%$1.09B$150.20M13.451Positive NewsTWOTwo Harbors Investments2.458 of 5 stars$10.37-0.8%$13.14+26.7%-19.5%$1.08B$450.15M-20.33100News CoverageAnalyst ForecastGap DownMFAMFA Financial3.834 of 5 stars$9.54+0.5%$12.92+35.4%-7.7%$979.28M$723.97M9.73350RCReady Capital2.9286 of 5 stars$4.51+1.8%$6.96+54.3%-43.7%$769M$896.97M-2.59600RWTRedwood Trust4.1327 of 5 stars$5.55-1.2%$7.44+34.1%-6.8%$738.82M$945.16M25.23300News CoveragePositive NewsNYMTNew York Mortgage Trust3.2583 of 5 stars$6.46-3.3%$7.83+21.3%+14.5%$583.34M$401.28M-107.6770Positive NewsIVRInvesco Mortgage Capital1.2757 of 5 stars$7.67+0.8%N/A-13.5%$505.76M$286.55M18.26N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Competitors ARMOUR Residential REIT Competitors Dynex Capital Competitors PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Competitors Two Harbors Investments Competitors MFA Financial Competitors Ready Capital Competitors Redwood Trust 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 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersEveryone’s watching Nvidia right now. Here’s why I’m excited.So, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably saw the news… Nvidia just signed a $7 BILLION deal...Timothy Sykes | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... A single announcement by July 22nd could soon b...Altimetry | SponsoredINVESTOR ALERT: Tiny “$3 AI Wonder Stock” on the Verge of Blasting OffRight now, we’re witnessing a monumental shift in the world.Traders Agency | SponsoredElon just did WHAT!?As you may recall, Biden and the Fed were working on a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. Had they got...Brownstone Research | SponsoredCrypto Is Pumping Again – Now Comes the Real OpportunityThis same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in cryp...Crypto Swap Profits | Sponsored379 passengers walked away from thisWhy Elon Musk Just Invested $51 Million Into Brand New “Miracle Metal” Developed by MIT ScientistsTrue Market Insiders | SponsoredElon’s NEXT Big IPO?Cancel your internet TODAY!? Take your latest internet bill and light it on fire… then count the seconds it...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredThe Trump Dump is starting; Get out of stocks now?The first 365 days of the Trump presidency… Will be the best time to get rich in American history.Paradigm Press | Sponsored Adding Choose a watchlist: Watchlist Adding You have already added ten stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat All Access to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Chimera Investment Corporation Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Share Chimera Investment With A Colleague Link copied to clipboard. Get 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for Free Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools. Start Your 30-Day Trial MarketBeat All Access Features Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring Get personalized stock ideas. Compare portfolio to indices. Check stock news, ratings, SEC filings, and more. Stock Ideas and Recommendations See daily stock ideas from top analysts. Receive short-term trading ideas from MarketBeat. Identify trending stocks on social media. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Use our seven stock screeners to find suitable stocks. Stay informed with MarketBeat's real-time news. Export data to Excel for personal analysis. Sign in to your free account to enjoy these benefits In-depth profiles and analysis for 20,000 public companies. Real-time analyst ratings, insider transactions, earnings data, and more. Our daily ratings and market update email newsletter. Sign in to your free account to enjoy all that MarketBeat has to offer. Sign In Create Account Your Email Address: Email Address Required Your Password: Password Required Log In or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google Forgot your password? Your Email Address: Please enter your email address. Please enter a valid email address Choose a Password: Please enter your password. Your password must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least 1 number, 1 letter, and 1 special character. Create My Account (Free) or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google By creating a free account, you agree to our terms of service. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
