Dynex Capital (DX) Competitors $12.28 -0.03 (-0.24%) As of 09:35 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock DX vs. ARI, ARR, TWO, CIM, PMT, MFA, RWT, RC, NYMT, and IVRShould 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), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Chimera Investment (CIM), 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. Dynex Capital vs. Its Competitors Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance ARMOUR Residential REIT Two Harbors Investment Chimera 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 Dynex Capital (NYSE:DX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment. Which has more volatility and risk, ARI or DX? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynex Capital has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is ARI or DX 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 Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance-39.40% 9.37% 2.03% Dynex Capital 35.65%-2.24%-0.30% Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ARI or DX? Dynex Capital has lower revenue, but higher 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance$179.60M7.77-$119.64M-$0.03-334.83Dynex Capital$108.02M12.22$113.90M$0.7715.99 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARI or DX? 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 57.17% of users gave Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformApollo Commercial Real Estate FinanceOutperform Votes32357.17% Underperform Votes24242.83% Dynex CapitalOutperform Votes30259.22% Underperform Votes20840.78% Do analysts rate ARI or DX? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance currently has a consensus target price of $10.13, suggesting a potential upside of 0.80%. Dynex Capital has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.50%. Given Dynex Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dynex Capital 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) 2.40Dynex Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ARI or DX? 54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of Dynex Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Dynex Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is ARI or DX 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%. 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 out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. 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. Does the media refer more to ARI or DX? In the previous week, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance both had 4 articles in the media. Dynex Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's score of 0.84 indicating that Dynex Capital 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) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Dynex Capital 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryDynex Capital beats Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Dynex Capital News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DX 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 DX 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 DX vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricDynex CapitalReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.32B$7.05B$11.69B$19.81BDividend Yield16.86%6.80%5.66%3.83%P/E Ratio8.3864.1823.0135.68Price / Sales12.228.6026.9246.74Price / Cash24.5217.3217.6017.52Price / Book0.911.702.884.84Net Income$113.90M$177.71M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance1.82%1.71%1.46%1.94%1 Month Performance-1.68%1.36%1.36%3.03%1 Year Performance5.17%5.41%540.46%9.73% Dynex Capital Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DXDynex Capital3.6469 of 5 stars$12.28-0.2%$12.50+1.8%+7.0%$1.32B$108.02M8.3520ARIApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance2.2128 of 5 stars$9.75-0.8%$10.13+3.8%+3.1%$1.35B$179.60M-10.26N/ADividend AnnouncementARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.7949 of 5 stars$16.06-0.9%$20.50+27.6%-11.7%$1.31B$4.08M-37.35N/APositive NewsTWOTwo Harbors Investment3.1491 of 5 stars$10.25-3.3%$13.14+28.3%-14.9%$1.07B$216.08M4.86100News CoverageShort Interest ↑High Trading VolumeCIMChimera Investment4.0475 of 5 stars$13.07-0.8%$15.50+18.6%+22.2%$1.06B$309.07M12.1040News CoverageDividend AnnouncementPMTPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust3.6364 of 5 stars$12.12-1.3%$14.50+19.7%-5.3%$1.05B$150.20M9.111Positive NewsMFAMFA Financial3.5027 of 5 stars$9.23-0.8%$12.92+40.0%-6.7%$946.97M$264.48M11.39350RWTRedwood Trust4.8486 of 5 stars$5.39-1.2%$7.44+38.2%-7.9%$716.84M$256.21M16.32300Positive NewsRCReady Capital2.4041 of 5 stars$4.18-6.5%$6.96+66.5%-44.9%$712.72M$20.60M-5.97600NYMTNew York Mortgage Trust2.8693 of 5 stars$6.42-1.7%$7.83+22.0%+18.3%$579.71M$274.64M-5.6370Short Interest ↑IVRInvesco Mortgage Capital2.1179 of 5 stars$7.29-1.3%$10.00+37.3%-14.4%$480.39M$69.84M11.21N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARI Alternatives ARR Alternatives TWO Alternatives CIM Alternatives PMT Alternatives MFA Alternatives RWT Alternatives RC Alternatives NYMT Alternatives IVR Alternatives 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:DX) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s Exec Order #14154 could be a “Millionaire-Maker”Former Presidential Advisor, Jim Rickards, says Trump could “rewire our economy and hand millions of Americans...Paradigm Press | SponsoredTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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