TWO vs. PMT, MFA, RC, CIM, ARI, ARR, RWT, DX, NYMT, and IVR
Should you be buying Two Harbors Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Two Harbors Investment include PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), MFA Financial (MFA), Ready Capital (RC), Chimera Investment (CIM), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Redwood Trust (RWT), Dynex Capital (DX), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:PMT) and Two Harbors Investment (NYSE:TWO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has a net margin of 45.19% compared to PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust's net margin of -22.14%. Two Harbors Investment's return on equity of 13.28% beat PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust's return on equity.
Two Harbors Investment received 106 more outperform votes than PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.99% of users gave Two Harbors Investment an outperform vote while only 63.45% of users gave PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust an outperform vote.
67.4% of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Two Harbors Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Two Harbors Investment 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.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust currently has a consensus price target of $14.58, indicating a potential upside of 3.43%. Two Harbors Investment has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.72%. Given PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Two Harbors Investment is more favorable than PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust.
In the previous week, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Two Harbors Investment. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust and 8 mentions for Two Harbors Investment. Two Harbors Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust's score of 0.86 indicating that PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Two Harbors Investment has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Two Harbors Investment. Two Harbors Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Two Harbors Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust pays out 106.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Two Harbors Investment pays out -90.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Two Harbors Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust beats Two Harbors Investment on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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