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Dynex Capital (DX) Competitors

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$12.72 -0.09 (-0.70%)
Closing price 07/7/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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DX vs. ARR, ARI, CIM, TWO, PMT, MFA, RWT, RC, NYMT, and IVR

Should you be buying Dynex Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dynex Capital include ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Chimera Investment (CIM), Two Harbors Investments (TWO), 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

Dynex Capital (NYSE:DX) and ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Dynex Capital has higher revenue and earnings than ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT 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 Ratio
Dynex Capital$108.02M12.62$113.90M$0.7716.52
ARMOUR Residential REIT$4.08M334.78-$14.39M-$0.35-47.71

Dynex Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.0%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.2%. 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. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays out -822.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dynex Capital has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. ARMOUR Residential REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, ARMOUR Residential REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Dynex Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT and 5 mentions for Dynex Capital. ARMOUR Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Dynex Capital's score of 0.04 indicating that ARMOUR Residential REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dynex Capital
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
ARMOUR Residential REIT
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

38.3% of Dynex Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Dynex Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dynex Capital presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.73%. ARMOUR Residential REIT has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.75%. Given ARMOUR Residential REIT's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ARMOUR Residential REIT 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
ARMOUR Residential REIT
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Dynex Capital has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dynex Capital has a net margin of 20.61% compared to ARMOUR Residential REIT's net margin of -0.27%. ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity of 16.42% beat Dynex Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dynex Capital20.61% 1.59% 0.22%
ARMOUR Residential REIT -0.27%16.42%1.73%

Summary

ARMOUR Residential REIT beats Dynex Capital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DX vs. The Competition

MetricDynex CapitalREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.37B$1.43B$12.01B$20.71B
Dividend Yield15.93%12.62%5.53%3.72%
P/E Ratio16.5216.1819.9527.80
Price / Sales12.6212.9926.0047.05
Price / Cash31.4210.9618.7218.22
Price / Book0.940.762.254.59
Net Income$113.90M$79.73M$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance3.67%-0.28%0.55%0.65%
1 Month Performance4.61%1.89%3.39%4.26%
1 Year Performance8.58%-8.99%540.31%13.93%

Dynex Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DX
Dynex Capital
3.8262 of 5 stars
$12.72
-0.7%
$12.50
-1.7%
+7.9%$1.37B$108.02M16.5220
ARR
ARMOUR Residential REIT
3.8928 of 5 stars
$16.81
+1.4%
$21.00
+24.9%
-15.1%$1.37B$550.95M-48.03N/A
ARI
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
2.3074 of 5 stars
$9.66
-1.5%
$10.13
+4.8%
+0.5%$1.34B$303.67M-322.00N/A
CIM
Chimera Investment
3.5559 of 5 stars
$13.88
-1.3%
$15.50
+11.7%
+8.5%$1.12B$760.95M9.2540Positive News
TWO
Two Harbors Investments
3.0961 of 5 stars
$10.79
+1.6%
$13.14
+21.8%
-18.6%$1.12B$450.15M-21.16100
PMT
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust
3.5131 of 5 stars
$12.89
+1.1%
$14.50
+12.5%
-5.2%$1.12B$334.19M13.861Positive News
MFA
MFA Financial
3.745 of 5 stars
$9.47
-1.8%
$12.92
+36.4%
-9.8%$972.12M$264.48M9.66350Analyst Forecast
RWT
Redwood Trust
3.956 of 5 stars
$5.93
+1.7%
$7.44
+25.5%
-7.0%$789.39M$256.21M26.96300Positive News
RC
Ready Capital
2.8743 of 5 stars
$4.39
-2.4%
$6.96
+58.5%
-45.2%$748.53M$20.60M-2.52600
NYMT
New York Mortgage Trust
3.0863 of 5 stars
$6.70
+0.8%
$7.83
+16.9%
+12.6%$605.01M$401.28M-111.6770Positive News
IVR
Invesco Mortgage Capital
1.6167 of 5 stars
$7.85
+0.4%
N/A-14.0%$517.63M$286.55M18.69N/AGap Down

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