DX vs. ARI, ARR, CIM, PMT, TWO, MFA, RC, RWT, NYMT, and IVR
Should you be buying Dynex Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dynex Capital include Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Chimera Investment (CIM), 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.
Dynex Capital vs. Its Competitors
Dynex Capital (NYSE:DX) and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
38.3% of Dynex Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Dynex Capital 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dynex Capital currently has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.95%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a consensus price target of $10.13, indicating a potential upside of 2.69%. Given Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is more favorable than Dynex Capital.
Dynex Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.0%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Dynex Capital pays out 264.9% 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. Dynex Capital has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Dynex Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Dynex Capital 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 Dynex Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dynex Capital had 5 more articles in the media than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Dynex Capital and 1 mentions for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. Dynex Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that Dynex Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dynex Capital has a net margin of 20.61% 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 Dynex Capital's return on equity.
Dynex Capital has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less 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.
Summary
Dynex Capital beats Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DX) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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