Atrium Mortgage Investment (AMIVF) and Its Peers Financial Contrast

Atrium Mortgage Investment (OTCMKTS:AMIVF) is one of 346 public companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Atrium Mortgage Investment to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Atrium Mortgage Investment and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Atrium Mortgage Investment	N/A	N/A	10.66
Atrium Mortgage Investment Competitors	$6.39 billion	$1.06 billion	11.28

Atrium Mortgage Investment’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Atrium Mortgage Investment. Atrium Mortgage Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Atrium Mortgage Investment and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atrium Mortgage Investment	0	1	0	0	2.00
Atrium Mortgage Investment Competitors	1910	6796	11482	414	2.50

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential upside of 4.12%. Given Atrium Mortgage Investment’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Atrium Mortgage Investment has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Atrium Mortgage Investment and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atrium Mortgage Investment	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atrium Mortgage Investment Competitors	-406.39%	-22.54%	-6.04%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

42.8% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.7% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by 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.

Dividends

Atrium Mortgage Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Atrium Mortgage Investment pays out 96.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Financial Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.9% and pay out -101.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Atrium Mortgage Investment peers beat Atrium Mortgage Investment on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Atrium Mortgage Investment

Atrium Mortgage Investment Corporation, a mortgage lender, provides residential and commercial mortgages services in Canada. It offers various types of mortgage loans, such as land and development financing, construction and mezzanine financing, and commercial term and bridge financing services for residential, multi-residential, and commercial real properties. Atrium Mortgage Investment Corporation was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.