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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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

New York Mortgage Trust has a net margin of 8.50% compared to Redwood Trust's net margin of 3.93%. Redwood Trust's return on equity of 7.82% beat New York Mortgage Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Redwood Trust3.93% 7.82% 0.49%
New York Mortgage Trust 8.50%2.51%0.25%

In the previous week, New York Mortgage Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Redwood Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for New York Mortgage Trust and 3 mentions for Redwood Trust. New York Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Redwood Trust's score of 1.31 indicating that New York Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Redwood Trust currently has a consensus price target of $7.39, indicating a potential upside of 22.43%. New York Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $7.56, indicating a potential upside of 7.88%. Given Redwood Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
New York Mortgage Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Redwood Trust has higher revenue and earnings than New York Mortgage Trust. New York Mortgage Trust 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
Redwood Trust$945.16M0.85$54M$0.2227.43
New York Mortgage Trust$401.28M1.58-$62.03M-$0.06-116.83

Redwood Trust has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New York Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

74.3% of Redwood Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Redwood Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of New York Mortgage Trust shares are held by company 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.

Redwood Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. New York Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Redwood Trust pays out 327.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. New York Mortgage Trust pays out -1,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

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

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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$805.36M$1.47B$12.29B$21.12B
Dividend Yield11.90%12.74%5.55%3.60%
P/E Ratio27.4316.1619.0328.44
Price / Sales0.852.8926.0160.38
Price / Cash7.6711.0121.6322.92
Price / Book0.710.782.204.69
Net Income$54M$79.73M$997.25M$995.51M
7 Day Performance0.42%1.62%0.89%1.64%
1 Month Performance5.32%2.73%4.37%5.92%
1 Year Performance-17.33%-11.39%540.78%11.50%

Redwood Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RWT
Redwood Trust
2.9234 of 5 stars
$6.04
-0.2%
$7.39
+22.4%
-16.5%$805.36M$945.16M27.43300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NYMT
New York Mortgage Trust
2.5686 of 5 stars
$6.73
+0.7%
$7.56
+12.4%
+8.0%$603.19M$401.28M0.0070Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ARI
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
1.3809 of 5 stars
$9.70
-0.2%
$10.31
+6.3%
-6.7%$1.35B$303.67M-323.27N/AUpcoming Earnings
CIM
Chimera Investment
3.6901 of 5 stars
$13.86
+0.5%
$15.50
+11.9%
-4.0%$1.12B$760.95M9.2440
DX
Dynex Capital
3.4825 of 5 stars
$12.53
0.0%
$12.83
+2.5%
+3.1%$1.34B$319.53M16.2720Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
EFC
Ellington Financial
2.1722 of 5 stars
$13.16
+0.2%
$14.30
+8.7%
+4.5%$1.24B$136.41M9.33170
IVR
INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL
1.1881 of 5 stars
$7.22
-2.2%
$7.25
+0.5%
-15.1%$486.66M$286.55M2.72N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
MFA
MFA Financial
4.3682 of 5 stars
$9.27
+0.7%
$12.07
+30.3%
-15.0%$944.41M$723.97M9.45350Positive News
NLY
Annaly Capital Management
3.5076 of 5 stars
$19.95
+0.4%
$20.90
+4.8%
+3.2%$11.87B$4.84B7.15160Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
RITM
Rithm Capital
4.0358 of 5 stars
$11.99
+0.4%
$13.69
+14.2%
+8.9%$6.33B$5.21B9.996,045Upcoming Earnings
STWD
STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST
3.4187 of 5 stars
$19.74
+0.5%
$21.70
+10.0%
+0.9%$6.71B$1.95B20.77290Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:RWT) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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