Adamas Trust, Inc. (ADAM) vs MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA)

Adamas Trust, Inc. and MFA Financial, Inc. are both Reit Mortgage companies. MFA Financial, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $662.1M against $534.6M — 1.2× the size. Adamas Trust, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 27.1% against 6.83%. MFA Financial, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −7.02%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 0.18%). Both pay a dividend; MFA Financial, Inc. yields more (22.1% vs 17.4%). Across the 21 metrics below, MFA Financial, Inc. leads on 15 and Adamas Trust, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ADAM MFA Reit Mortgage median
P/E n/m n/m 14.55
P/S 0.77 0.86 1.72
P/B 0.73 0.42 0.52
Price to free cash flow 1.52 1.19 4.35
EV/EBITDA 152.48 19.57 28.27
EV/Sales 17.19 15.33 15.73
Earnings yield (9.11%) (8.13%) 0.23%
Free cash flow yield 65.96% 84.37% 13.86%

Profitability

Metric ADAM MFA Reit Mortgage median
Gross margin 28.27% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 5.27% 0.00% 31.94%
Net margin (7.02%) 0.00% (1.81%)
Free cash flow margin 50.56% 72.62% 27.05%
Return on equity (6.20%) 0.00% (0.49%)
Return on assets (0.38%) 0.00% (0.06%)
Return on invested capital 0.18% 0.00% 0.79%

Growth

Metric ADAM MFA Reit Mortgage median
Revenue growth (TTM) 27.09% 6.83% 1.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 196.49% 58.54% 45.25%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.44% 11.47% 14.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ADAM MFA Reit Mortgage median
Debt to equity 9.22 0.00 2.91
Current ratio 19.06 0.00 0.82
Net debt to EBITDA 55.86 17.85 18.31

Dividend

Metric ADAM MFA Reit Mortgage median
Dividend yield 17.37% 22.09% 17.37%
Payout ratio 0.61 1.44 1.87

Size

Metric ADAM MFA Reit Mortgage median
Market cap 534.60m 662.12m 409.49m

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