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RWT vs. NYMT, ARI, CIM, DX, EFC, IVR, MFA, NLY, RITM, and STWD

Should you be buying Redwood Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Redwood Trust include New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Chimera Investment (CIM), Dynex Capital (DX), Ellington Financial (EFC), INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL (IVR), MFA Financial (MFA), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Rithm Capital (RITM), and Starwood Property Trust (STWD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Redwood Trust vs. Its Competitors

Redwood Trust (NYSE:RWT) and New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ:NYMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Redwood Trust$945.16M0.87$54M-$0.64-9.95
New York Mortgage Trust$401.28M1.60-$62.03M$0.1937.34

In the previous week, Redwood Trust had 1 more articles in the media than New York Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Redwood Trust and 4 mentions for New York Mortgage Trust. Redwood Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat New York Mortgage Trust's score of 1.32 indicating that Redwood Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Redwood Trust
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
New York Mortgage Trust
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Redwood Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. New York Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Redwood Trust pays out -112.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. New York Mortgage Trust pays out 421.1% 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Redwood Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

74.3% of Redwood Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Redwood Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

New York Mortgage Trust has a net margin of 12.50% compared to Redwood Trust's net margin of -6.93%. Redwood Trust's return on equity of 8.70% beat New York Mortgage Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Redwood Trust-6.93% 8.70% 0.49%
New York Mortgage Trust 12.50%7.59%0.69%

Redwood Trust presently has a consensus price target of $7.25, indicating a potential upside of 13.90%. New York Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $7.92, indicating a potential upside of 11.58%. Given Redwood Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Redwood Trust is more favorable than New York Mortgage Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Redwood Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
New York Mortgage Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Redwood Trust has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New York Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Redwood Trust beats New York Mortgage Trust on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RWT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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RWT vs. The Competition

MetricRedwood TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$822.49M$1.59B$12.49B$21.32B
Dividend Yield11.73%12.46%5.45%3.52%
P/E Ratio-9.9514.94232.3029.64
Price / Sales0.873.2430.8649.98
Price / Cash7.7911.3021.9524.13
Price / Book0.750.802.294.55
Net Income$54M$79.73M$1.01B$999.70M
7 Day Performance4.09%1.59%0.42%0.55%
1 Month Performance11.67%5.83%3.68%5.67%
1 Year Performance-14.10%-7.21%543.58%15.62%

Redwood Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RWT
Redwood Trust
3.6026 of 5 stars
$6.37
+1.5%
$7.25
+13.9%
-15.0%$822.49M$945.16M-9.95300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NYMT
New York Mortgage Trust
4.483 of 5 stars
$7.10
-0.6%
$7.75
+9.2%
+12.6%$644.84M$401.28M37.3770Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ARI
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
2.7051 of 5 stars
$10.29
-1.0%
$10.31
+0.2%
+5.2%$1.44B$303.67M-73.50N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
CIM
Chimera Investment
3.7567 of 5 stars
$13.98
-1.2%
$15.50
+10.9%
-4.3%$1.15B$295.49M11.0940Positive News
DX
Dynex Capital
3.6362 of 5 stars
$12.45
-0.1%
$12.83
+3.1%
+2.8%$1.62B$319.53M15.9620News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EFC
Ellington Financial
3.4691 of 5 stars
$13.86
-1.1%
$14.29
+3.1%
+5.5%$1.40B$136.41M11.18170Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IVR
INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL
1.6599 of 5 stars
$7.75
-0.6%
$7.25
-6.5%
-6.6%$517.20M$286.55M19.38N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MFA
MFA Financial
3.0478 of 5 stars
$10.06
-0.3%
$12.07
+20.0%
-15.4%$1.04B$723.97M11.56350Analyst Forecast
NLY
Annaly Capital Management
3.0633 of 5 stars
$21.07
-0.3%
$20.72
-1.7%
+9.0%$13.57B$4.84B20.86160Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
RITM
Rithm Capital
4.2995 of 5 stars
$12.50
-0.5%
$14.00
+12.0%
+8.1%$6.66B$5.21B9.626,045News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
STWD
Starwood Property Trust
4.1402 of 5 stars
$20.16
-0.4%
$21.70
+7.6%
+4.0%$7.43B$1.95B18.50290Positive News

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