Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (EARN) Competitors

Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (NYSE:EARN) and AMREP (NYSE:AXR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the media prefer EARN or AXR?

In the previous week, AMREP had 2 more articles in the media than Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for AMREP and 7 mentions for Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT. AMREP's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's score of 0.33 indicating that AMREP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AMREP	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EARN or AXR?

Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT received 49 more outperform votes than AMREP when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.10% of users gave AMREP an outperform vote while only 51.35% of users gave Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT	Outperform Votes 171 51.35%	Underperform Votes 162 48.65%
AMREP	Outperform Votes 122 60.10%	Underperform Votes 81 39.90%

Do analysts prefer EARN or AXR?

Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.18%. Given Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT is more favorable than AMREP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
AMREP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is EARN or AXR more profitable?

AMREP has a net margin of 6.43% compared to Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's net margin of 0.00%. Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's return on equity of 10.85% beat AMREP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT	N/A	10.85%	1.23%
AMREP	6.43%	2.54%	2.44%

Which has more volatility & risk, EARN or AXR?

Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMREP has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, EARN or AXR?

AMREP has higher revenue and earnings than Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT. Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMREP, 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
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT	$10.09M	13.20	$4.56M	$0.26	25.85
AMREP	$48.68M	2.27	$21.79M	$0.54	38.87

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EARN or AXR?

20.4% of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of AMREP shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.0% of AMREP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

AMREP beats Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.