STWD vs LADR vs NLY Stock Comparison

Starwood Property Trust, Ladder Capital and Annaly Capital Management Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LADR Ladder Capital Corp
$9.37 +4.1% 1M -13.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.16B
P/E
11.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$72.65M
Div. yield
0.10%
Mortgage REITs Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Annaly Capital Management leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Annaly Capital Management 6, Ladder Capital 4, Starwood Property Trust 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSTWDLADRNLYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.52B $1.16B $14.10B NLY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.8x 11.8x 14.8x LADR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.9x 9.1x 6.1x NLY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.8% -33.3% +51.6% NLY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.4% 136.2% 32.0% LADR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.0% 5.6% 12.2% NLY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 7.5x 11.6x 5.5x NLY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.15% 0.10% 0.00% STWD
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -33.7% -13.0% -13.2% LADR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -13.6%/yr -4.8%/yr -11.6%/yr LADR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 19.9% 21.4% 21.7% STWD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 42/100 53/100 NLY

Percentile Scorecard

STWDLADRNLY

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

AxisSTWDLADRNLY
Valuation 51 #83 of 169 37 #107 of 169 55 #77 of 169
Growth 37 #102 of 162 43 #93 of 162 79 #35 of 162
Profitability 52 #72 of 149 65 #53 of 149 84 #25 of 149
Financial Health 30 #111 of 158 21 #125 of 158 29 #113 of 158
Shareholder Returns 45 #75 of 136 42 #79 of 136 18 #112 of 136
Overall 43 42 53
  • STWD ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit
  • LADR ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit
  • NLY 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

PeriodSTWDLADRNLYSPY
1 month -14.5%+4.1%-10.2% +0.9%
3 months -25.9%-4.6%-20.7% +5.9%
6 months -32.2%-8.6%-18.9% +8.5%
Year to date -32.0%-14.7%-18.3% +13.3%
1 year -33.7%-13.0%-13.2% +12.4%
3 years -29.0%-1.5%+24.0% +88.1%
3 years, per year -10.8%-0.5%+7.4% +23.5%
5 years -51.9%-21.9%-46.0% +68.2%
5 years, per year -13.6%-4.8%-11.6% +11.0%
10 years -44.5%-25.5%-55.3% +263.4%
10 years, per year -5.7%-2.9%-7.7% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureSTWDLADRNLYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 19.9%21.4%21.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 21.1%21.9%23.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.290.340.55 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.69-0.61-0.61 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.4%-32.3%-57.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -34.2%-18.0%-25.1% -0.9%
52-week high $18.61$11.42$24.40 $779.14
52-week low $11.98$8.52$17.72 $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.

MultipleSTWDLADRNLY
P/E now vs peer median 19.7xmedian 11.4x 11.8xmedian 11.4x 14.7xmedian 11.4x
P/S now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 2.7x 16.3xmedian 2.7x 4.8xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.0xmedian 11.3x 14.7xmedian 11.3x 7.7xmedian 11.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -11.4xmedian 6.9x 15.0xmedian 6.9x 3.9xmedian 6.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 0.7x 0.8xmedian 0.7x 0.9xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median -0.66median 0.34 -1.05median 0.34 0.47median 0.34

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 monthsSTWDLADRNLY
Revenue $2.01B $72.65M $2.97B
Net income $264.72M $98.91M $1.13B
Free cash flow -$397.40M $78.51M $3.72B
EPS (diluted) $0.62 $0.79 $1.25
Cash & equivalents $367.59M $41.78M $2.18B
Total debt $14.00B $4.35B $38.38B
Shares (diluted) 366.73M 124.89M 764.36M
Enterprise value $3.06B $1.01B $5.06B

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
MetricSTWDLADRNLY
P/E 19.7x 11.8x 14.7x
P/FCF -11.4x 15.0x 3.9x
P/Operating cash flow 4.2x 13.5x 3.9x
P/S 2.3x 16.3x 4.8x
P/B 0.7x 0.8x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 0.7x 0.8x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA 10.0x 14.7x 7.7x
EV/EBIT 11.1x 16.8x 7.8x
EV/Revenue 9.0x 75.5x 17.0x
EV/FCF -45.7x 69.9x 13.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.7x 62.6x 13.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.66 -1.05 0.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSTWDLADRNLY
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.8% -33.3% 51.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.7% -22.9% 59.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) -33.4% 24.9% -24.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -26.8% -14.0% 36.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -43.3% 25.4% -38.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -29.7% -11.2% 31.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 58.3% 574.8% 30.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 76.6% -20.8% 19.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -160.2% 455.2% 30.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -5.4% -23.1% 19.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSTWDLADRNLY
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 90.6% 512.5% 219.8%
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin 14.9% 140.9% 38.7%
Net margin 11.4% 136.2% 32.0%
FCF margin -19.8% 108.1% 125.1%
Operating cash flow margin 54.3% 120.7% 125.1%
Return on equity 3.8% 6.8% 6.9%
Return on assets 0.4% 1.7% 0.8%
Return on invested capital 7.0% 5.6% 12.2%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.1x 0.9x 3.3x
Stock comp / revenue 2.7% 33.9% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSTWDLADRNLY
Debt / assets 22.9% 71.9% 26.3%
Debt / equity 2.1x 3.0x 2.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 7.5x 11.6x 5.5x
Debt / FCF -35.2x 55.4x 10.3x
Liabilities / assets 88.8% 75.8% 89.1%
Equity / assets 11.2% 24.2% 10.9%
Interest coverage 1.2x 1.5x 1.2x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSTWDLADRNLY
Dividend yield 15.7% 9.8% 15.9%
Net buyback yield -11.2% 2.6% -15.9%
Shareholder yield 4.5% 12.4% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 264.4% 118.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) -176.1% 148.7% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 9.2% -0.6% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 5.4% 0.1% –

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.

ConsensusSTWDLADRNLY
Forward P/E 8.9xFY2026 9.1xFY2026 6.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.37FY2026 $1.03FY2026 $3.01FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -18.9%FY2026 +22.6%FY2026 +3.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +29.2% +10.7% -0.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.99BFY2026 $287.80MFY2026 $2.65BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.4%FY2026 +33.6%FY2026 +18.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +22.4% -10.2% +1.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSTWDLADRNLY
Held by institutions 49.9% 63.6% 58.3%
Institutions holding 516 220 792
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.0% +4.9% +4.6%
Institutions buying 256 117 453
Institutions selling 161 62 207
Buyers to sellers 1.59 1.89 2.19

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.

STWDLADRNLY
STWD 1.00 0.67 0.74
LADR 0.67 1.00 0.56
NLY 0.74 0.56 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, STWD, LADR and NLY?

Annaly Capital Management (NLY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Starwood Property Trust (STWD) $4.52B, Ladder Capital (LADR) $1.16B, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) $14.10B.

Which stock is cheaper, STWD, LADR and NLY?

Ladder Capital (LADR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Starwood Property Trust (STWD) 19.8x, Ladder Capital (LADR) 11.8x, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 14.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) is cheapest (Starwood Property Trust (STWD) 8.9x, Ladder Capital (LADR) 9.1x, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 6.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Annaly Capital Management (NLY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Starwood Property Trust (STWD) +11.8%, Ladder Capital (LADR) -33.3%, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) +51.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ladder Capital (LADR) has the highest net margin (Starwood Property Trust (STWD) 11.4%, Ladder Capital (LADR) 136.2%, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 32.0%). On return on invested capital, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) leads (Starwood Property Trust (STWD) 7.0%, Ladder Capital (LADR) 5.6%, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 12.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ladder Capital (LADR) returned the most: Starwood Property Trust (STWD) -33.7%, Ladder Capital (LADR) -13.0%, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) -13.2%. Over five years, Ladder Capital (LADR) compounded fastest (Starwood Property Trust (STWD) -13.6%/yr, Ladder Capital (LADR) -4.8%/yr, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) -11.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Starwood Property Trust (STWD) has the highest dividend yield: Starwood Property Trust (STWD) 0.15%, Ladder Capital (LADR) 0.10%, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 0.00%. Annaly Capital Management (NLY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Starwood Property Trust (STWD) has been the steadiest (Starwood Property Trust (STWD) 19.9%, Ladder Capital (LADR) 21.4%, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 21.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, STWD, LADR and NLY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) leads on 6. 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.