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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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

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$945.16M0.86$54M$0.2227.91
New York Mortgage Trust$401.28M1.53-$62.03M-$0.06-113.67

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.

Redwood Trust currently has a consensus price target of $7.44, indicating a potential upside of 21.25%. New York Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $7.83, indicating a potential upside of 14.86%. Given Redwood Trust's higher probable upside, research 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
New York Mortgage Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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%

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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, New York Mortgage Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Redwood Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for New York Mortgage Trust and 2 mentions for Redwood Trust. Redwood Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat New York Mortgage Trust's score of 1.40 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
2 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 11.7%. New York Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. New York Mortgage Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Redwood Trust beats New York Mortgage Trust on 14 of the 19 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$804.03M$1.41B$12.03B$20.53B
Dividend Yield11.92%12.93%5.58%3.77%
P/E Ratio27.9116.4219.9527.85
Price / Sales0.862.8525.5437.49
Price / Cash7.6610.7821.3421.91
Price / Book0.730.782.264.55
Net Income$54M$79.73M$1.00B$984.95M
7 Day Performance5.41%1.84%1.75%2.31%
1 Month Performance10.83%4.64%3.79%4.85%
1 Year Performance-4.81%-7.77%540.42%13.81%

Redwood Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RWT
Redwood Trust
4.1097 of 5 stars
$6.14
+1.7%
$7.44
+21.2%
-4.6%$804.03M$945.16M27.91300Positive News
NYMT
New York Mortgage Trust
3.2589 of 5 stars
$6.70
+0.8%
$7.83
+16.9%
+15.4%$600.48M$401.28M-111.6770News Coverage
Positive News
ARI
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
2.1126 of 5 stars
$9.66
-1.5%
$10.13
+4.8%
+1.3%$1.36B$303.67M-322.00N/AEx-Dividend
CIM
Chimera Investment
3.5189 of 5 stars
$13.88
-1.3%
$15.50
+11.7%
+11.5%$1.14B$760.95M9.2540Ex-Dividend
DX
Dynex Capital
3.8021 of 5 stars
$12.21
+0.7%
$12.50
+2.4%
+6.8%$1.30B$319.53M15.8620News Coverage
EFC
Ellington Financial
3.6884 of 5 stars
$12.99
+0.1%
$14.83
+14.2%
+7.7%$1.23B$136.41M9.21170Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
IVR
Invesco Mortgage Capital
1.2414 of 5 stars
$7.85
+0.4%
N/A-14.2%$515.67M$286.55M18.69N/ANews Coverage
MFA
MFA Financial
3.711 of 5 stars
$9.47
-1.8%
$12.92
+36.4%
-8.4%$989.57M$723.97M9.66350Ex-Dividend
Gap Down
NLY
Annaly Capital Management
3.9387 of 5 stars
$18.84
-2.9%
$21.00
+11.5%
+2.0%$11.60B$4.84B21.17160Positive News
Ex-Dividend
RITM
Rithm Capital
4.3953 of 5 stars
$11.30
-0.9%
$13.56
+20.0%
+9.0%$6.04B$5.21B9.426,045Ex-Dividend
STWD
Starwood Property Trust
3.3225 of 5 stars
$20.08
-1.6%
$21.83
+8.7%
+9.3%$6.92B$1.95B21.14290Positive News
Ex-Dividend

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