Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) vs NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NREF)

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance and NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. are both Reit Mortgage companies. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is the larger, with a market value of $309.8M against $256.2M — 1.2× the size. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance trades at the lower P/E: 3.0× against 3.9×. NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −5.70% against −14.7%. NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. has the higher net margin (65.6% vs 50.3%) and the lower return on invested capital (1.31% vs 339.7%). Both pay a dividend; Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance yields more (176.4% vs 14.6%). Across the 23 metrics below, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance leads on 17 and NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ARI NREF Reit Mortgage median
P/E 3.01 3.94 14.55
P/S 1.33 2.72 1.72
P/B 0.25 0.68 0.52
Price to free cash flow 14.75 55.24 4.35
EV/EBITDA 3.77 29.50 28.27
EV/Sales 1.26 8.40 15.73
Earnings yield 33.20% 25.38% 0.23%
Free cash flow yield 6.78% 1.81% 13.86%

Profitability

Metric ARI NREF Reit Mortgage median
Gross margin 87.84% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 35.13% 20.29% 31.94%
Net margin 50.33% 65.64% (1.81%)
Free cash flow margin 9.00% 4.92% 27.05%
Return on equity 7.72% 17.13% (0.49%)
Return on assets 2.00% 1.16% (0.06%)
Return on invested capital 339.65% 1.31% 0.79%

Growth

Metric ARI NREF Reit Mortgage median
Revenue growth (TTM) (14.66%) (5.70%) 1.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 183.51% 179.41% 45.25%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (0.51%) 18.20% 14.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 88.28% 46.80% 0.00%

Health

Metric ARI NREF Reit Mortgage median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.79 2.91
Current ratio 2.45 163.94 0.82
Net debt to EBITDA 9.96 28.84 18.31

Dividend

Metric ARI NREF Reit Mortgage median
Dividend yield 176.35% 14.59% 17.37%
Payout ratio 5.31 0.86 1.87

Size

Metric ARI NREF Reit Mortgage median
Market cap 309.80m 256.15m 409.49m

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