Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer IVR or ARR?

In the previous week, ARMOUR Residential REIT had 8 more articles in the media than Invesco Mortgage Capital. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT and 0 mentions for Invesco Mortgage Capital. ARMOUR Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Invesco Mortgage Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that ARMOUR Residential REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Invesco Mortgage Capital	Neutral
ARMOUR Residential REIT	Positive

Do analysts prefer IVR or ARR?

Invesco Mortgage Capital currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.78%. ARMOUR Residential REIT has a consensus target price of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.40%. Given Invesco Mortgage Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Invesco Mortgage Capital is more favorable than ARMOUR Residential REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Invesco Mortgage Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
ARMOUR Residential REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is IVR or ARR more profitable?

Invesco Mortgage Capital has a net margin of 20.90% compared to ARMOUR Residential REIT's net margin of -2.61%. Invesco Mortgage Capital's return on equity of 34.61% beat ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco Mortgage Capital	20.90%	34.61%	3.29%
ARMOUR Residential REIT	-2.61%	16.00%	1.65%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in IVR or ARR?

40.5% of Invesco Mortgage Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Invesco Mortgage Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IVR or ARR a better dividend stock?

Invesco Mortgage Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.5%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.0%. Invesco Mortgage Capital pays out 323.8% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, IVR or ARR?

Invesco Mortgage Capital has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IVR or ARR?

ARMOUR Residential REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Invesco Mortgage Capital. ARMOUR Residential REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco Mortgage 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
Invesco Mortgage Capital	$69.84M	6.95	-$15.86M	$0.42	17.54
ARMOUR Residential REIT	$4.08M	320.06	-$14.39M	-$0.35	-45.62

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IVR or ARR?

Invesco Mortgage Capital received 154 more outperform votes than ARMOUR Residential REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.20% of users gave Invesco Mortgage Capital an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave ARMOUR Residential REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invesco Mortgage Capital	Outperform Votes 419 55.20%	Underperform Votes 340 44.80%
ARMOUR Residential REIT	Outperform Votes 265 49.07%	Underperform Votes 275 50.93%

Summary

Invesco Mortgage Capital beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.