LADR vs RITM vs BXMT Stock Comparison

Ladder Capital, Rithm Capital and Blackstone Mortgage Trust Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LADR Ladder Capital Corp
$9.36 +3.4% 1M -12.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.18B
P/E
11.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$72.65M
Div. yield
9.83%
Mortgage REITs Financial Services
3 wins
RITM Rithm Capital Corp.
$9.40 +3.1% 1M -14.0% 1Y
Market cap
$5.25B
P/E
14.6x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
10.64%
Mortgage REITs Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Blackstone Mortgage Trust leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Blackstone Mortgage Trust 5, Rithm Capital 3, Ladder Capital 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLADRRITMBXMTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.18B $5.25B $1.83B RITM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 11.7x 14.6x 119.1x LADR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.1x 4.2x 10.3x RITM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -33.3% — +39.6% BXMT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 136.2% — — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.6% — 15.9% BXMT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 11.6x — 0.8x BXMT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 9.83% 10.64% 17.28% BXMT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -12.8% -14.0% -42.0% LADR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.9%/yr -3.7%/yr -19.9%/yr RITM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 21.3% 26.5% 26.7% LADR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 40/100 66/100 BXMT

Percentile Scorecard

LADRRITMBXMT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisLADRRITMBXMT
Valuation 39 #104 of 169 64 #61 of 169 95 #9 of 169
Growth 44 #89 of 159 18 #130 of 159 42 #93 of 159
Profitability 67 #49 of 146 – 79 #32 of 146
Financial Health 22 #120 of 153 – 61 #60 of 153
Shareholder Returns 44 #76 of 135 38 #84 of 135 53 #64 of 135
Overall 43 40 66
  • LADR ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit
  • RITM ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit
  • BXMT ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodLADRRITMBXMTSPY
1 month +3.4%+3.1%-11.8% +0.7%
3 months -3.3%-5.0%-27.3% +3.7%
6 months -8.9%-3.9%-42.7% +7.1%
Year to date -14.8%-13.8%-43.1% +12.8%
1 year -12.8%-14.0%-42.0% +11.9%
3 years -6.0%+2.2%-45.1% +85.2%
3 years, per year -2.1%+0.7%-18.1% +22.8%
5 years -22.0%-17.3%-66.9% +67.6%
5 years, per year -4.9%-3.7%-19.9% +10.9%
10 years -25.5%-32.5%-63.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year -2.9%-3.9%-9.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureLADRRITMBXMTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 21.3%26.5%26.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 21.9%26.7%30.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.340.720.44 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.60-0.53-1.57 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.3%-39.2%-69.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.0%-22.1%-47.3% -1.2%
52-week high $11.42$12.06$20.63 $779.14
52-week low $8.52$8.36$10.19 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleLADRRITMBXMT
P/E now vs peer median 11.7xmedian 11.7x 14.6xmedian 11.7x 119.1xmedian 11.7x
P/S now vs peer median 16.2xmedian 2.7x 1.0xmedian 2.7x -3.5xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.7xmedian 13.1x —median 13.1x 2.7xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.0xmedian 6.5x -2.1xmedian 6.5x 5.2xmedian 6.5x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 0.7x 0.6xmedian 0.7x 0.6xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median -1.05median 0.33 -0.60median 0.33 -1.96median 0.33

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsLADRRITMBXMT
Revenue $72.65M – -$527.24M
Net income $98.91M $529.24M $15.43M
Free cash flow $78.51M – $353.06M
EPS (diluted) $0.79 $0.63 $0.09
Cash & equivalents $41.78M – $432.83M
Total debt $4.35B – $1.22B
Shares (diluted) 124.89M 568.26M 168.96M
Enterprise value $1.03B $5.77B $24.37M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricLADRRITMBXMT
P/E 11.7x 14.6x 119.1x
P/FCF 15.0x -2.1x 5.2x
P/Operating cash flow 13.5x – 5.2x
P/S 16.2x 1.0x -3.5x
P/B 0.8x 0.6x 0.6x
P/Tangible book 0.8x 0.6x 0.6x
EV/EBITDA 14.7x – 2.7x
EV/EBIT 16.8x – 2.8x
EV/Revenue 75.5x – -5.0x
EV/FCF 69.9x – 7.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 62.5x – 7.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.05 -0.60 -1.96

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLADRRITMBXMT
Revenue growth (1Y) -33.3% – 39.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -22.9% – -40.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) 24.9% -42.4% 222.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -14.0% -13.0% -61.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 25.4% -55.3% 224.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -11.2% -24.2% -60.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 574.8% – 7.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -20.8% – -7.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 455.2% – 7.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -23.1% – -7.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLADRRITMBXMT
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 512.5% – –
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin 140.9% – –
Net margin 136.2% – –
FCF margin 108.1% – –
Operating cash flow margin 120.7% – -67.0%
Return on equity 6.8% 5.8% 0.5%
Return on assets 1.7% 1.0% 0.1%
Return on invested capital 5.6% – 15.9%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.0x – 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.9x – 22.9x
Stock comp / revenue 33.9% – -5.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLADRRITMBXMT
Debt / assets 71.9% – 6.3%
Debt / equity 3.0x – 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 11.6x – 0.8x
Debt / FCF 55.4x – 3.4x
Liabilities / assets 75.8% 83.2% 83.2%
Equity / assets 24.2% 16.1% 16.8%
Interest coverage 1.5x – 1.0x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLADRRITMBXMT
Dividend yield 9.8% 10.6% 17.3%
Net buyback yield 2.6% – 4.5%
Shareholder yield 12.5% 10.6% 21.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 118.0% – 2,069%
Payout ratio (FCF) 148.7% – 90.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) -0.6% – -9.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 0.1% – -9.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusLADRRITMBXMT
Forward P/E 9.1xFY2026 4.2xFY2026 10.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.03FY2026 $2.26FY2026 $1.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +22.6%FY2026 -3.8%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +10.7% +1.3% +35.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $287.80MFY2026 $5.78BFY2026 $588.88MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +33.6%FY2026 +25.9%FY2026 +60.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -10.2% +5.8% -7.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLADRRITMBXMT
Held by institutions 64.7% 58.7% 63.8%
Institutions holding 221 511 348
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.9% -1.7% +1.3%
Institutions buying 118 247 178
Institutions selling 62 176 99
Buyers to sellers 1.90 1.40 1.80

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

LADRRITMBXMT
LADR 1.00 0.50 0.67
RITM 0.50 1.00 0.46
BXMT 0.67 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LADR, RITM and BXMT?

Rithm Capital (RITM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ladder Capital (LADR) $1.18B, Rithm Capital (RITM) $5.25B, Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) $1.83B.

Which stock is cheaper, LADR, RITM and BXMT?

Ladder Capital (LADR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ladder Capital (LADR) 11.7x, Rithm Capital (RITM) 14.6x, Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) 119.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Rithm Capital (RITM) is cheapest (Ladder Capital (LADR) 9.1x, Rithm Capital (RITM) 4.2x, Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) 10.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ladder Capital (LADR) -33.3%, Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) +39.6%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ladder Capital (LADR) returned the most: Ladder Capital (LADR) -12.8%, Rithm Capital (RITM) -14.0%, Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) -42.0%. Over five years, Rithm Capital (RITM) compounded fastest (Ladder Capital (LADR) -4.9%/yr, Rithm Capital (RITM) -3.7%/yr, Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) -19.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) has the highest dividend yield: Ladder Capital (LADR) 9.83%, Rithm Capital (RITM) 10.64%, Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) 17.28%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ladder Capital (LADR) has been the steadiest (Ladder Capital (LADR) 21.3%, Rithm Capital (RITM) 26.5%, Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) 26.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LADR, RITM and BXMT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.