Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) vs MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA)

Arbor Realty Trust and MFA Financial, Inc. are both Reit Mortgage companies. MFA Financial, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $677.3M against $522.4M — 1.3× the size. MFA Financial, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 6.5× against 38.6×. MFA Financial, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.90% against −7.02%. MFA Financial, Inc. has the higher net margin (13.8% vs 1.36%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.88% vs 1.08%). Both pay a dividend; Arbor Realty Trust yields more (34.8% vs 21.9%). Across the 23 metrics below, MFA Financial, Inc. leads on 15 and Arbor Realty Trust on 8.

Valuation

Metric ABR MFA Reit Mortgage median
P/E 38.57 6.46 7.10
P/S 0.43 0.89 1.77
P/B 0.23 0.38 0.55
Price to free cash flow 2.00 1.90 5.36
EV/EBITDA 21.49 19.61 28.29
EV/Sales 4.37 15.72 15.90
Earnings yield 2.59% 15.48% 8.10%
Free cash flow yield 49.91% 52.56% 13.00%

Profitability

Metric ABR MFA Reit Mortgage median
Gross margin 21.47% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 10.88% 79.06% 35.40%
Net margin 1.36% 13.82% 11.85%
Free cash flow margin 21.48% 46.95% 26.68%
Return on equity 0.69% 5.88% 4.81%
Return on assets 0.12% 0.83% 0.62%
Return on invested capital 1.08% 2.88% 1.22%

Growth

Metric ABR MFA Reit Mortgage median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.02%) 4.90% 4.70%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (52.54%) 58.54% 45.25%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.96% 11.47% 14.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (8.05%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ABR MFA Reit Mortgage median
Debt to equity 1.82 6.56 3.30
Current ratio 478.85 0.00 1.00
Net debt to EBITDA 16.23 17.85 18.31

Dividend

Metric ABR MFA Reit Mortgage median
Dividend yield 34.81% 21.85% 17.34%
Payout ratio 13.43 1.44 1.28

Size

Metric ABR MFA Reit Mortgage median
Market cap 522.37m 677.29m 479.53m

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