DX vs. RC, ARI, TWO, PMT, CIM, MFA, ARR, RWT, NYMT, and IVR
Should you be buying Dynex Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dynex Capital include Ready Capital (RC), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Chimera Investment (CIM), MFA Financial (MFA), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Redwood Trust (RWT), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry.
Ready Capital (NYSE:RC) and Dynex Capital (NYSE:DX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
Dynex Capital received 57 more outperform votes than Ready Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.06% of users gave Ready Capital an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Dynex Capital an outperform vote.
Ready Capital has a net margin of 23.81% compared to Ready Capital's net margin of 4.63%. Dynex Capital's return on equity of 8.11% beat Ready Capital's return on equity.
Ready Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Dynex Capital. Ready Capital 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 16 more articles in the media than Ready Capital. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Dynex Capital and 4 mentions for Ready Capital. Dynex Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Ready Capital's score of 0.05 indicating that Ready Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
55.9% of Ready Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of Dynex Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Ready Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Dynex Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ready Capital has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynex Capital has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ready Capital currently has a consensus price target of $10.93, suggesting a potential upside of 17.26%. Dynex Capital has a consensus price target of $13.35, suggesting a potential upside of 9.34%. Given Dynex Capital's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ready Capital is more favorable than Dynex Capital.
Ready Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Dynex Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. Ready Capital pays out 74.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dynex Capital pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ready Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Ready Capital beats Dynex Capital on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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