EARN vs. MDV, AJX, LFT, GPMT, CHMI, ACR, BHR, MITT, FSP, and CIO
Should you be buying Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT include Modiv Industrial (MDV), Great Ajax (AJX), Lument Finance Trust (LFT), Granite Point Mortgage Trust (GPMT), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), ACRES Commercial Realty (ACR), Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR), AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), Franklin Street Properties (FSP), and City Office REIT (CIO). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV) and Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (NYSE:EARN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Modiv Industrial has a net margin of 1.80% compared to Modiv Industrial's net margin of 0.00%. Modiv Industrial's return on equity of 10.85% beat Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's return on equity.
Modiv Industrial presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.87%. Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.19%. Given Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Modiv Industrial is more favorable than Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT.
8.2% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Modiv Industrial has a beta of -0.22, meaning that its share price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT received 163 more outperform votes than Modiv Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Modiv Industrial an outperform vote while only 51.35% of users gave Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT an outperform vote.
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Modiv Industrial. Modiv Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Modiv Industrial and Modiv Industrial both had 11 articles in the media. Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Modiv Industrial's score of 0.62 indicating that Modiv Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Modiv Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.6%. Modiv Industrial pays out -244.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT pays out 369.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Modiv Industrial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Modiv Industrial and Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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