PMT vs. TWO, MFA, CIM, RC, ARR, ARI, RWT, DX, NYMT, and IVR
Should you be buying PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust include Two Harbors Investment (TWO), MFA Financial (MFA), Chimera Investment (CIM), Ready Capital (RC), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Redwood Trust (RWT), Dynex Capital (DX), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:PMT) and Two Harbors Investment (NYSE:TWO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Two Harbors Investment received 106 more outperform votes than PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.99% of users gave Two Harbors Investment an outperform vote while only 63.45% of users gave PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust an outperform vote.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has a net margin of 46.54% compared to Two Harbors Investment's net margin of -22.14%. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust's return on equity of 14.15% beat Two Harbors Investment's return on equity.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust presently has a consensus price target of $14.58, suggesting a potential upside of 3.14%. Two Harbors Investment has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.31%. Given Two Harbors Investment's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Two Harbors Investment is more favorable than PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust.
In the previous week, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Two Harbors Investment. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust and 7 mentions for Two Harbors Investment. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Two Harbors Investment's score of 0.85 indicating that PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Two Harbors Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.6%. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust pays out 99.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Two Harbors Investment pays out -90.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Two Harbors Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Two Harbors Investment has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
67.4% of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Two Harbors Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Two Harbors Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Two Harbors Investment. Two Harbors Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust beats Two Harbors Investment on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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