WMC vs. MITT, SELF, LOAN, CLPR, SOHO, AHT, CMCT, EARN, MDV, and CHMI
Should you be buying Western Asset Mortgage Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset Mortgage Capital include AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), Global Self Storage (SELF), Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN), Clipper Realty (CLPR), Sotherly Hotels (SOHO), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (CMCT), Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (EARN), Modiv Industrial (MDV), and Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI).
Western Asset Mortgage Capital (NYSE:WMC) and AG Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:MITT) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.
Western Asset Mortgage Capital has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Western Asset Mortgage Capital had 2 more articles in the media than AG Mortgage Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Western Asset Mortgage Capital and 1 mentions for AG Mortgage Investment Trust. AG Mortgage Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Western Asset Mortgage Capital's score of 1.07 indicating that AG Mortgage Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AG Mortgage Investment Trust received 20 more outperform votes than Western Asset Mortgage Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave AG Mortgage Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 56.78% of users gave Western Asset Mortgage Capital an outperform vote.
14.7% of Western Asset Mortgage Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.3% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Western Asset Mortgage Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Western Asset Mortgage Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. AG Mortgage Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. Western Asset Mortgage Capital pays out -19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AG Mortgage Investment Trust pays out 130.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western Asset Mortgage Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Western Asset Mortgage Capital currently has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 79.49%. AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a consensus target price of $7.13, suggesting a potential upside of 30.02%. Given Western Asset Mortgage Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Western Asset Mortgage Capital is more favorable than AG Mortgage Investment Trust.
AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a net margin of 13.01% compared to Western Asset Mortgage Capital's net margin of -26.07%. AG Mortgage Investment Trust's return on equity of 8.75% beat Western Asset Mortgage Capital's return on equity.
AG Mortgage Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Western Asset Mortgage Capital. Western Asset Mortgage Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AG Mortgage Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AG Mortgage Investment Trust beats Western Asset Mortgage Capital on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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