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RWT vs. ARI, TWO, ARR, PMT, DX, MFA, CIM, RC, NYMT, and IVR

Should 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 (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.

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%

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

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.

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)
2.40
Redwood Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

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 Ratio
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance$179.60M7.24-$119.64M-$0.03-311.83
Redwood Trust$223.32M3.50$54M$0.3317.83

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.

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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Apollo Commercial Real Estate FinanceOutperform Votes
323
57.27%
Underperform Votes
241
42.73%
Redwood TrustOutperform Votes
424
64.93%
Underperform Votes
229
35.07%

Summary

Redwood Trust beats Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RWT vs. The Competition

MetricRedwood TrustReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$779.41M$6.94B$11.13B$18.96B
Dividend Yield11.98%7.11%5.77%4.02%
P/E Ratio17.7659.3122.1232.97
Price / Sales3.506.7126.1127.82
Price / Cash10.4517.3217.6017.52
Price / Book0.661.652.664.48
Net Income$54M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RWT
Redwood Trust
4.3071 of 5 stars
$5.83
-6.2%
$7.57
+29.9%
+12.7%$775.03M$223.32M17.66300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ARI
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
2.4798 of 5 stars
$8.19
-1.9%
$9.00
+9.9%
-2.6%$1.14B$195.66M-8.62N/AAnalyst Forecast
News Coverage
TWO
Two Harbors Investment
4.0194 of 5 stars
$10.86
-1.0%
$13.46
+23.9%
-5.9%$1.13B$510.75M5.15100Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ARR
ARMOUR Residential REIT
3.2098 of 5 stars
$14.07
-1.6%
$20.50
+45.7%
-9.3%$1.13B$-478,000.00-32.72N/AAnalyst Upgrade
PMT
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust
3.131 of 5 stars
$12.89
-0.8%
$14.83
+15.1%
-7.2%$1.12B$183.53M9.691Positive News
DX
Dynex Capital
3.0828 of 5 stars
$11.46
-1.8%
$13.13
+14.5%
+5.7%$1.10B$150.40M7.8020High Trading Volume
MFA
MFA Financial
4.0547 of 5 stars
$8.89
-1.0%
$13.60
+53.0%
-7.2%$911.44M$252.85M10.98350Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
CIM
Chimera Investment
4.6153 of 5 stars
$11.17
-1.9%
$16.00
+43.2%
+0.0%$903.91M$257.93M10.3440Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
RC
Ready Capital
3.458 of 5 stars
$4.38
-0.2%
$7.04
+60.8%
-47.7%$752.61M$27.35M-6.26600Upcoming Earnings
NYMT
New York Mortgage Trust
3.2575 of 5 stars
$5.34
-1.7%
$7.00
+31.1%
-14.3%$483.63M$241.49M-4.6870Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
IVR
Invesco Mortgage Capital
2.9496 of 5 stars
$6.57
-1.4%
$10.00
+52.2%
-14.3%$428.84M$79.55M10.11N/AUpcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News

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