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AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT) Competitors

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$7.54 -0.41 (-5.16%)
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MITT vs. RC, RWT, NYMT, IVR, ACRE, NLY, AGNC, STWD, ARI, and ARR

Should you be buying AG Mortgage Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AG Mortgage Investment Trust include Ready Capital (RC), Redwood Trust (RWT), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), and ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry.

AG Mortgage Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors

Ready Capital (NYSE:RC) and AG Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:MITT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

AG Mortgage Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ready Capital. Ready Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AG Mortgage Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ready Capital$20.60M36.34-$435.76M-$1.74-2.52
AG Mortgage Investment Trust$408.49M0.55$55.74M$0.898.47

55.9% of Ready Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Ready Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ready Capital currently has a consensus price target of $6.96, suggesting a potential upside of 58.50%. AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a consensus price target of $8.38, suggesting a potential upside of 11.07%. Given Ready Capital's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ready Capital is more favorable than AG Mortgage Investment Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ready Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
AG Mortgage Investment Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a net margin of 10.98% compared to Ready Capital's net margin of -34.40%. AG Mortgage Investment Trust's return on equity of 11.86% beat Ready Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ready Capital-34.40% 5.53% 1.06%
AG Mortgage Investment Trust 10.98%11.86%0.54%

Ready Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. AG Mortgage Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Ready Capital pays out -28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AG Mortgage Investment Trust pays out 89.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AG Mortgage Investment Trust has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Ready Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Ready Capital had 4 more articles in the media than AG Mortgage Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ready Capital and 3 mentions for AG Mortgage Investment Trust. AG Mortgage Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Ready Capital's score of 0.64 indicating that AG Mortgage Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ready Capital
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AG Mortgage Investment Trust
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Ready Capital has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AG Mortgage Investment Trust beats Ready Capital on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MITT vs. The Competition

MetricAG Mortgage Investment TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$223.79M$1.40B$11.93B$20.33B
Dividend Yield10.06%13.00%5.62%3.78%
P/E Ratio8.4716.0719.8127.52
Price / Sales0.554.4626.0438.36
Price / Cash4.4610.7418.1517.85
Price / Book0.690.762.214.54
Net Income$55.74M$79.73M$1.00B$985.09M
7 Day Performance-2.58%0.02%1.40%1.70%
1 Month Performance8.02%2.14%2.66%4.05%
1 Year Performance13.55%-10.83%539.54%12.20%

AG Mortgage Investment Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MITT
AG Mortgage Investment Trust
4.0197 of 5 stars
$7.54
-5.2%
$8.38
+11.1%
+19.5%$223.79M$408.49M8.47N/APositive News
Gap Down
RC
Ready Capital
2.8107 of 5 stars
$4.51
+1.8%
$6.96
+54.3%
-44.8%$769M$896.97M-2.59600
RWT
Redwood Trust
4.1382 of 5 stars
$5.55
-1.2%
$7.44
+34.1%
-9.9%$738.82M$945.16M25.23300
NYMT
New York Mortgage Trust
3.226 of 5 stars
$6.46
-3.3%
$7.83
+21.3%
+13.9%$583.34M$401.28M-107.6770Positive News
IVR
Invesco Mortgage Capital
1.4965 of 5 stars
$7.67
+0.8%
N/A-16.3%$505.76M$286.55M18.26N/ADividend Announcement
ACRE
Ares Commercial Real Estate
3.1834 of 5 stars
$4.93
+1.6%
$5.50
+11.6%
-25.9%$271.20M$69.65M-19.723,200Gap Down
NLY
Annaly Capital Management
4.2866 of 5 stars
$19.15
+0.1%
$21.00
+9.7%
+2.0%$11.44B$4.84B21.52160Gap Down
AGNC
AGNC Investment
3.8584 of 5 stars
$9.20
-0.4%
$9.75
+6.0%
-2.7%$9.39B$2.95B23.00N/APositive News
STWD
Starwood Property Trust
3.2919 of 5 stars
$20.25
+1.0%
$21.83
+7.8%
+7.8%$6.87B$1.95B21.32290Positive News
ARI
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
2.4534 of 5 stars
$9.86
-0.2%
$10.13
+2.7%
+0.3%$1.37B$303.67M-328.50N/A
ARR
ARMOUR Residential REIT
3.3316 of 5 stars
$16.42
-0.2%
$21.00
+27.9%
-14.4%$1.34B$550.95M-46.91N/ADividend Announcement

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