STWD vs. NLY, AGNC, RC, ARI, TWO, CIM, PMT, MFA, ARR, and RWT
Should you be buying Starwood Property Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Starwood Property Trust include Annaly Capital Management (NLY), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Ready Capital (RC), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Chimera Investment (CIM), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), MFA Financial (MFA), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), and Redwood Trust (RWT). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry.
Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) and Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Starwood Property Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Annaly Capital Management. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Starwood Property Trust and 15 mentions for Annaly Capital Management. Annaly Capital Management's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Starwood Property Trust's score of 0.59 indicating that Starwood Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Annaly Capital Management has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Starwood Property Trust has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Annaly Capital Management received 40 more outperform votes than Starwood Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.67% of users gave Starwood Property Trust an outperform vote while only 55.57% of users gave Annaly Capital Management an outperform vote.
Starwood Property Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Annaly Capital Management. Annaly Capital Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Starwood Property Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
51.6% of Annaly Capital Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of Starwood Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Annaly Capital Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Starwood Property Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Annaly Capital Management currently has a consensus price target of $21.25, suggesting a potential upside of 7.00%. Starwood Property Trust has a consensus price target of $21.71, suggesting a potential upside of 9.12%. Given Annaly Capital Management's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Starwood Property Trust is more favorable than Annaly Capital Management.
Starwood Property Trust has a net margin of 21.20% compared to Starwood Property Trust's net margin of -12.02%. Starwood Property Trust's return on equity of 15.28% beat Annaly Capital Management's return on equity.
Annaly Capital Management pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. Starwood Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Annaly Capital Management pays out -268.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Starwood Property Trust pays out 138.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Annaly Capital Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Starwood Property Trust beats Annaly Capital Management on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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