Two Harbors Investment (TWO) Competitors $13.68 -0.15 (-1.05%) Closing price 03/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$13.78 +0.10 (+0.73%) As of 03/21/2025 07:58 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock TWO vs. ARR, ARI, DX, PMT, MFA, CIM, RWT, RC, NYMT, and IVRShould you be buying Two Harbors Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Two Harbors Investment include ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Dynex Capital (DX), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), MFA Financial (MFA), Chimera Investment (CIM), Redwood Trust (RWT), Ready Capital (RC), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry. Two Harbors Investment vs. ARMOUR Residential REIT Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Dynex Capital PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust MFA Financial Chimera Investment Redwood Trust Ready Capital New York Mortgage Trust Invesco Mortgage Capital Two Harbors Investment (NYSE:TWO) and ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations. Which has more volatility & risk, TWO or ARR? Two Harbors Investment has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TWO or ARR? Two Harbors Investment has higher revenue and earnings than ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Two Harbors Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioTwo Harbors Investment$510.75M2.79$298.17M$2.116.48ARMOUR Residential REIT-$478K-3,899.81-$14.39M-$0.43-43.15 Is TWO or ARR a better dividend stock? Two Harbors Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.5%. Two Harbors Investment pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays out -669.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ARMOUR Residential REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TWO or ARR? 64.2% of Two Harbors Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Two Harbors Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Does the media favor TWO or ARR? In the previous week, Two Harbors Investment had 1 more articles in the media than ARMOUR Residential REIT. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Two Harbors Investment and 5 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Two Harbors Investment's score of 0.51 indicating that ARMOUR Residential REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Two Harbors Investment 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive ARMOUR Residential REIT 4 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Does the MarketBeat Community favor TWO or ARR? Two Harbors Investment received 258 more outperform votes than ARMOUR Residential REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.92% of users gave Two Harbors Investment an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave ARMOUR Residential REIT an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformTwo Harbors InvestmentOutperform Votes52266.92% Underperform Votes25833.08% ARMOUR Residential REITOutperform Votes26449.07% Underperform Votes27450.93% Is TWO or ARR more profitable? Two Harbors Investment has a net margin of 66.24% compared to ARMOUR Residential REIT's net margin of -2.61%. ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity of 16.00% beat Two Harbors Investment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Two Harbors Investment66.24% 6.52% 0.81% ARMOUR Residential REIT -2.61%16.00%1.65% Do analysts rate TWO or ARR? Two Harbors Investment currently has a consensus price target of $13.96, indicating a potential upside of 2.07%. ARMOUR Residential REIT has a consensus price target of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.48%. Given ARMOUR Residential REIT's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ARMOUR Residential REIT is more favorable than Two Harbors Investment.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Two Harbors Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67ARMOUR Residential REIT 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 SummaryTwo Harbors Investment beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Two Harbors Investment News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TWO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart TWO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricTwo Harbors InvestmentReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.42B$7.00B$11.33B$19.55BDividend Yield13.02%6.57%5.39%3.75%P/E Ratio6.4862.6922.5833.49Price / Sales2.796.8425.6628.58Price / Cash11.7317.3217.6217.54Price / Book0.941.712.774.56Net Income$298.17M$177.71M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance-1.36%-1.05%0.08%-0.36%1 Month Performance-1.01%-1.78%496.13%-3.42%1 Year Performance5.60%6.38%538.89%5.93% Two Harbors Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)TWOTwo Harbors Investment2.2828 of 5 stars$13.68-1.0%$13.96+2.1%+5.6%$1.42B$510.75M6.48100Dividend AnnouncementHigh Trading VolumeARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.7703 of 5 stars$18.70+0.7%$20.50+9.7%-3.6%$1.88B$-478,000.00-43.48N/APositive NewsARIApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance1.4981 of 5 stars$10.00+0.2%$9.08-9.1%-13.3%$1.39B$195.66M-10.52N/APositive NewsDXDynex Capital2.9455 of 5 stars$14.33+0.7%$13.56-5.3%+14.6%$1.30B$150.40M9.7420Positive NewsPMTPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust2.6054 of 5 stars$14.57+0.4%$15.20+4.4%+0.9%$1.27B$183.53M10.951Positive NewsMFAMFA Financial3.769 of 5 stars$10.93+0.3%$13.70+25.4%-5.8%$1.12B$252.85M13.50350CIMChimera Investment4.2763 of 5 stars$13.76+0.9%$16.00+16.3%+0.3%$1.11B$257.93M12.7540Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsRWTRedwood Trust3.7144 of 5 stars$6.37-0.4%$7.75+21.8%-0.6%$843.49M$223.32M19.29300News CoveragePositive NewsRCReady Capital3.75 of 5 stars$4.99-0.5%$7.50+50.5%-44.5%$813.31M$27.35M-7.12600NYMTNew York Mortgage Trust2.3482 of 5 stars$6.81-0.4%$7.00+2.9%-2.3%$616.31M$241.49M-5.9770Dividend AnnouncementIVRInvesco Mortgage Capital1.9129 of 5 stars$8.61+0.9%$10.00+16.2%-7.6%$531.19M$79.55M13.24N/A Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARMOUR Residential REIT Alternatives Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Alternatives Dynex Capital Alternatives PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Alternatives MFA Financial Alternatives Chimera Investment Alternatives Redwood Trust Alternatives Ready Capital Alternatives New York Mortgage Trust Alternatives Invesco Mortgage Capital Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:TWO) was last updated on 3/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Musk’s NEW Project… RevealedYou won't believe what Elon Musk is hiding… Inside this facility in the middle of an industrial zone of Memphi...InvestorPlace | SponsoredTrump Shock to change everything Is this Trump’s next major move? 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