Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR) Competitors

Invesco Mortgage Capital (NYSE:IVR) and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in IVR or ARI?

40.5% of Invesco Mortgage Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Invesco Mortgage Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, IVR or ARI?

Invesco Mortgage Capital has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to IVR or ARI?

In the previous week, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance had 11 more articles in the media than Invesco Mortgage Capital. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance and 4 mentions for Invesco Mortgage Capital. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Invesco Mortgage Capital's score of -0.42 indicating that Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Invesco Mortgage Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is IVR or ARI a better dividend stock?

Invesco Mortgage Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.4%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Invesco Mortgage Capital pays out 209.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays out -105.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IVR or ARI?

Invesco Mortgage Capital received 98 more outperform votes than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.42% of users gave Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance an outperform vote while only 55.28% of users gave Invesco Mortgage Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invesco Mortgage Capital	Outperform Votes 419 55.28%	Underperform Votes 339 44.72%
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	Outperform Votes 321 57.42%	Underperform Votes 238 42.58%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, IVR or ARI?

Invesco Mortgage Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 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	$79.55M	5.48	-$15.86M	$0.65	10.27
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	$195.66M	5.92	-$119.64M	-$0.95	-8.77

Is IVR or ARI more profitable?

Invesco Mortgage Capital has a net margin of 20.90% compared to Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's net margin of -39.40%. Invesco Mortgage Capital's return on equity of 34.61% beat Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco Mortgage Capital	20.90%	34.61%	3.29%
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	-39.40%	9.37%	2.03%

Do analysts rate IVR or ARI?

Invesco Mortgage Capital currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.81%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.98%. Given Invesco Mortgage Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Invesco Mortgage Capital is more favorable than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance.

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
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Summary

Invesco Mortgage Capital beats Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.