New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ:NYMTN) versus ACRES Commercial Realty (NYSE:ACR) Critical Survey

New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ:NYMTN) and ACRES Commercial Realty (NYSE:ACR) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares New York Mortgage Trust and ACRES Commercial Realty’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New York Mortgage Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
ACRES Commercial Realty	12.50%	7.74%	1.46%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for New York Mortgage Trust and ACRES Commercial Realty, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New York Mortgage Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A
ACRES Commercial Realty	0	0	2	0	3.00

ACRES Commercial Realty has a consensus price target of $13.75, indicating a potential upside of 67.68%. Given ACRES Commercial Realty’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ACRES Commercial Realty is more favorable than New York Mortgage Trust.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

21.8% of ACRES Commercial Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of ACRES Commercial Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares New York Mortgage Trust and ACRES Commercial Realty’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
New York Mortgage Trust	$153.47 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ACRES Commercial Realty	$75.17 million	0.93	$10.62 million	($0.97)	-8.45

ACRES Commercial Realty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than New York Mortgage Trust.

Summary

ACRES Commercial Realty beats New York Mortgage Trust on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About New York Mortgage Trust

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. acquires, invests in, finances, and manages mortgage-related single-family and multi-family residential assets in the United States. Its targeted investments include residential loans, including business purpose loans; structured multi-family property investments, such as preferred equity in, and mezzanine loans to owners of multi-family properties; non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS); agency RMBS; commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS); single-family rental properties; and other mortgage, residential housing, and credit-related assets. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About ACRES Commercial Realty

ACRES Commercial Realty Corp., a real estate investment trust (REIT), focuses on the origination, holding, and management of commercial real estate mortgage loans and other commercial real estate-related debt investments in the United States. It invests in commercial real estate-related assets, including floating and fixed rate first mortgage loans, first priority interests in first mortgage loans, subordinated interests in first mortgage loans, mezzanine debt, preferred equity investments, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and commercial real estate equity and preferred equity investments. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was formerly known as Exantas Capital Corp. and changed its name to ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. in February 2021. ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Uniondale, New York.