CMTG vs. CIM, TRTX, IRS, MITT, LFT, AGNCP, AGNCO, AGNCN, AGNCM, and AGNCL
Should you be buying Claros Mortgage Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Claros Mortgage Trust include Chimera Investment (CIM), TPG RE Finance Trust (TRTX), IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (IRS), AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), Lument Finance Trust (LFT), AGNC Investment (AGNCP), AGNC Investment (AGNCO), AGNC Investment (AGNCN), AGNC Investment (AGNCM), and AGNC Investment (AGNCL).
Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) 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 community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Claros Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Chimera Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Claros Mortgage Trust pays out 5,002.5% 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 pays out 191.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of Chimera Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chimera Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Chimera Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Claros Mortgage Trust. Chimera Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Claros Mortgage Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Claros Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chimera Investment has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chimera Investment received 401 more outperform votes than Claros Mortgage Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.00% of users gave Chimera Investment an outperform vote while only 19.23% of users gave Claros Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
Chimera Investment has a net margin of 16.32% compared to Claros Mortgage Trust's net margin of 1.97%. Chimera Investment's return on equity of 7.51% beat Claros Mortgage Trust's return on equity.
Claros Mortgage Trust presently has a consensus price target of $10.44, suggesting a potential upside of 6.61%. Chimera Investment has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.31%. Given Chimera Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chimera Investment is more favorable than Claros Mortgage Trust.
In the previous week, Chimera Investment had 2 more articles in the media than Claros Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Chimera Investment and 4 mentions for Claros Mortgage Trust. Chimera Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Claros Mortgage Trust's score of 0.05 indicating that Chimera Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Chimera Investment beats Claros Mortgage Trust on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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