Head-to-Head Contrast: Medalist Diversified REIT (NASDAQ:MDRR) and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:PMT)

Medalist Diversified REIT ( NASDAQ:MDRR – Get Your Free Report ) and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust ( NYSE:PMT – Get Your Free Report ) are both small-cap financial companies, but which is the superior stock? We’ll compare the two companies based on their risk strength, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

dividends

Medalist Diversified REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Medalist Diversified REIT pays -8.7% of earnings as a dividend. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust pays out 106.7% of its earnings in the form of dividends, suggesting that it may not have enough income to cover its dividend payments in the future.

Volatility and risk

Medalist Diversified REIT has a beta of 0.74, meaning its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has a beta of 1.51, meaning its share price its stock is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. .

Analyst recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Medalist Diversified REIT and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust as provided by MarketBeat.

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has a consensus target price of $14.93, suggesting a potential upside of 6.33%. Given PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is more favorable than Medalist Diversified REIT.

return

This table compares the net margins, return on equity and return on assets of Medalist Diversified REIT and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust.

Institutional and privileged ownership

17.4% of Medalist Diversified REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 16.9% of Medalist Diversified REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, big money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Rating

This table compares the revenue, earnings per share and valuation of Medalist Diversified REIT and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust.

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Medalist Diversified REIT. Medalist Diversified REIT 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.

Summary

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust beats Medalist Diversified REIT in 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About the Diversified REIT Medalist

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Medalist Diversified REIT Inc. is a Virginia-based real estate investment trust specializing in the acquisition, ownership and management of commercial real estate in the southeastern region of the US. The company’s strategy is to focus on commercial real estate that is expected to offer attractive balance. risk and return. Medalist uses a rigorous, consistent and replicable process for sourcing and conducting due diligence on purchases.

About PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

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PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, through its subsidiary, invests primarily in mortgage-related assets in the United States. The company operates through: credit sensitive strategies, interest rate sensitive strategies, corresponding manufacturing segments. The Credit Sensitive Strategies segment invests in credit risk transfer (CRT) agreements, CRT securities, subordinated mortgage-backed securities (MBS), distressed loans and real estate. The Company’s Interest Rate Sensitive Strategies segment engages in investments in mortgage servicing rights, excess service margins and agency and non-agency senior MBS, as well as related interest rate hedging activities. Its origination segment is involved in the acquisition, pooling and resale of new prime residential loans, either directly or in the form of MBS. The Company primarily sells its loans to government sponsored entities or PennyMac Loan Services, LLC. The Company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. Generally, it would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Westlake Village, California.

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