Reviewing Impac Mortgage (NYSE:IMH) & Rithm Property Trust (NYSE:RPT)

Impac Mortgage (NYSE:IMH) and Rithm Property Trust (NYSE:RPT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Impac Mortgage and Rithm Property Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Impac Mortgage	0	0	0	0	0.00
Rithm Property Trust	1	0	0	0	1.00

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Impac Mortgage and Rithm Property Trust”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Impac Mortgage	$8.60 million	0.01	-$39.43 million	($1.71)	0.00
Rithm Property Trust	$52.80 million	2.12	$1.47 million	($0.29)	-49.62

Rithm Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Impac Mortgage. Rithm Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Impac Mortgage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

12.5% of Impac Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Rithm Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Impac Mortgage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Rithm Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Impac Mortgage and Rithm Property Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Impac Mortgage	N/A	-1,309.14%	-37.12%
Rithm Property Trust	5.52%	1.27%	0.31%

Risk & Volatility

Impac Mortgage has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rithm Property Trust has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rithm Property Trust beats Impac Mortgage on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Impac Mortgage

Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of mortgage and real estate solutions. It operates through the following segments: Mortgage Lending, Real Estate Services, and Long-Term Mortgage Portfolio. The Mortgage Lending segment offers mortgage lending products through lending channels, retail, wholesale, and correspondent, and retains mortgage servicing rights and warehouse lending facilities. The Real Estate Services segment performs servicing and provides loss mitigation services for securitized long-term mortgage portfolio. The Long-Term Mortgage Portfolio segment is composed of residual interests in securitization trusts. The company was founded by Joseph R. Tomkinson in August 1995 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

About Rithm Property Trust

Rithm Property Trust Inc is a real estate investment trust (REIT) externally managed by an affiliate of Rithm Capital Corp. (Rithm). The company focuses on commercial real estate-focused investment, including originating, acquiring and managing portfolios of CMBS, commercial real property, commercial mortgage loans and other CRE investments. It has two reportable operating segments: Residential and Commercial. The majority of the company’s revenue is derived from the Residential segment, which is focused on managing a portfolio that includes residential mortgage assets, including whole mortgage loans, RMBS and beneficial interests.