Dynex Capital (DX) Competitors

Dynex Capital (NYSE:DX) 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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DX or ARI?

Dynex Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dynex Capital	$108.02M	10.94	$113.90M	$0.77	15.95
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	$179.60M	7.28	-$119.64M	-$0.03	-313.50

Does the media prefer DX or ARI?

In the previous week, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance had 25 more articles in the media than Dynex Capital. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance and 2 mentions for Dynex Capital. Dynex Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's score of 0.56 indicating that Dynex Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dynex Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DX or ARI?

38.3% of Dynex Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Dynex Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, DX or ARI?

Dynex Capital has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DX or ARI?

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance received 21 more outperform votes than Dynex Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.22% of users gave Dynex Capital an outperform vote while only 57.27% of users gave Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dynex Capital	Outperform Votes 302 59.22%	Underperform Votes 208 40.78%
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	Outperform Votes 323 57.27%	Underperform Votes 241 42.73%

Is DX or ARI a better dividend stock?

Dynex Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.6%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. 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.

Do analysts rate DX or ARI?

Dynex Capital presently has a consensus price target of $12.83, indicating a potential upside of 4.46%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a consensus price target of $9.88, indicating a potential upside of 5.00%. Given Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is more favorable than Dynex Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dynex Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is DX or ARI more profitable?

Dynex Capital has a net margin of 35.65% 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 Dynex Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dynex Capital	35.65%	-2.24%	-0.30%
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	-39.40%	9.37%	2.03%

Summary

Dynex Capital beats Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.