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
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 CFO Stuart Rothstein |
| Trailing-12-Month Net Margin | 46.6% |
| Cash/Debt | $101.6 million / $2.7 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 15.2% |
| Competitors |
Annaly Capital Management Capstead Mortgage MFA Financial |
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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