5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Apollo Residential Mortgage
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, residential mortgage REIT Apollo Residential Mortgage (NYS: AMTG) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Apollo's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Apollo facts
Headquarters | New York |
Market Cap | $489.2 million |
Industry | Mortgage REITs |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $23.0 million |
Management | CEO Michael Commaroto |
Trailing-12-Month Net Margin | 46.6% |
Cash/Debt | $101.6 million / $2.7 billion |
Dividend Yield | 15.2% |
Competitors | Annaly Capital Management |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 32 members who have rated Apollo believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those bulls, All-Star Staka, helped weigh Apollo's pros and cons for our community:
Positive:
- High yielding REIT
- Valued at book value
- Rental REITs should work in a bad housing market and bad it will stay!
Negative:
- Policy decisions could run havoc with these REITs
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