Redwood Trust (RWT) Competitors $5.83 -0.38 (-6.15%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$5.82 0.00 (-0.05%) As of 07:39 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock RWT vs. ARI, TWO, ARR, PMT, DX, MFA, CIM, RC, NYMT, and IVRShould you be buying Redwood Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Redwood Trust include Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Dynex Capital (DX), MFA Financial (MFA), Chimera Investment (CIM), Ready Capital (RC), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry. Redwood Trust vs. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Two Harbors Investment ARMOUR Residential REIT PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Dynex Capital MFA Financial Chimera Investment Ready Capital New York Mortgage Trust Invesco Mortgage Capital Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) and Redwood Trust (NYSE:RWT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability. Is ARI or RWT more profitable? Redwood Trust has a net margin of 9.35% compared to Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's net margin of -39.40%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 9.37% beat Redwood Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance-39.40% 9.37% 2.03% Redwood Trust 9.35%6.91%0.47% Does the media prefer ARI or RWT? In the previous week, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance had 20 more articles in the media than Redwood Trust. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance and 8 mentions for Redwood Trust. Redwood Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's score of 0.56 indicating that Redwood Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 5 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 15 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Redwood Trust 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more volatility and risk, ARI or RWT? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Redwood Trust has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts recommend ARI or RWT? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance currently has a consensus price target of $9.88, indicating a potential upside of 5.56%. Redwood Trust has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.44%. Given Redwood Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Redwood Trust is more favorable than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40Redwood Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.57 Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ARI or RWT? Redwood Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Redwood Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance$179.60M7.24-$119.64M-$0.03-311.83Redwood Trust$223.32M3.50$54M$0.3317.83 Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ARI or RWT? 54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Redwood Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Redwood Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is ARI or RWT a better dividend stock? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Redwood Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Redwood Trust pays out 218.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARI or RWT? Redwood Trust received 101 more outperform votes than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.93% of users gave Redwood Trust an outperform vote while only 57.27% of users gave Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformApollo Commercial Real Estate FinanceOutperform Votes32357.27% Underperform Votes24142.73% Redwood TrustOutperform Votes42464.93% Underperform Votes22935.07% SummaryRedwood Trust beats Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Redwood Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for RWT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart RWT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricRedwood TrustReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$779.41M$6.94B$11.13B$18.96BDividend Yield11.98%7.11%5.77%4.02%P/E Ratio17.7659.3122.1232.97Price / Sales3.506.7126.1127.82Price / Cash10.4517.3217.6017.52Price / Book0.661.652.664.48Net Income$54M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.93%1.17%0.75%0.78%1 Month Performance-2.65%-5.64%-0.24%-2.56%1 Year Performance-4.77%4.67%538.49%4.69% Redwood Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)RWTRedwood Trust4.3071 of 5 stars$5.83-6.2%$7.57+29.9%+12.7%$775.03M$223.32M17.66300Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeARIApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance2.4798 of 5 stars$8.19-1.9%$9.00+9.9%-2.6%$1.14B$195.66M-8.62N/AAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageTWOTwo Harbors Investment4.0194 of 5 stars$10.86-1.0%$13.46+23.9%-5.9%$1.13B$510.75M5.15100Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.2098 of 5 stars$14.07-1.6%$20.50+45.7%-9.3%$1.13B$-478,000.00-32.72N/AAnalyst UpgradePMTPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust3.131 of 5 stars$12.89-0.8%$14.83+15.1%-7.2%$1.12B$183.53M9.691Positive NewsDXDynex Capital3.0828 of 5 stars$11.46-1.8%$13.13+14.5%+5.7%$1.10B$150.40M7.8020High Trading VolumeMFAMFA Financial4.0547 of 5 stars$8.89-1.0%$13.60+53.0%-7.2%$911.44M$252.85M10.98350Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓CIMChimera Investment4.6153 of 5 stars$11.17-1.9%$16.00+43.2%+0.0%$903.91M$257.93M10.3440Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsRCReady Capital3.458 of 5 stars$4.38-0.2%$7.04+60.8%-47.7%$752.61M$27.35M-6.26600Upcoming EarningsNYMTNew York Mortgage Trust3.2575 of 5 stars$5.34-1.7%$7.00+31.1%-14.3%$483.63M$241.49M-4.6870Short Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpIVRInvesco Mortgage Capital2.9496 of 5 stars$6.57-1.4%$10.00+52.2%-14.3%$428.84M$79.55M10.11N/AUpcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARI Alternatives TWO Alternatives ARR Alternatives PMT Alternatives DX Alternatives MFA Alternatives CIM Alternatives RC Alternatives NYMT Alternatives IVR Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:RWT) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredElon Musk’s next move from the Oval Office?No one is closer to President Trump than Tesla CEO Elon Musk. 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