American Tower Corporation (REIT) (NYSE:REIT) and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. (NYSE:ARI) are two firms in the REIT – Diversified that compete against each other. Below is a comparison of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Tower Corporation (REIT)	7.44B	11.74	1.23B	2.77	64.87
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc.	269.29M	9.28	189.24M	1.46	12.42

In table 1 we can see American Tower Corporation (REIT) and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc.’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. is observed to has lower revenue and earnings than American Tower Corporation (REIT). The company that is more expensive between the two has a higher P/E ratio. American Tower Corporation (REIT) is presently more expensive than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc., because it’s trading at a higher P/E ratio.

Profitability

Table 2 shows us American Tower Corporation (REIT) and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc.’s net margins, return on assets and return on equity.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Tower Corporation (REIT)	16.53%	21.7%	3.7%
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc.	70.27%	7.8%	3.9%

Risk & Volatility

A beta of 0.68 shows that American Tower Corporation (REIT) is 32.00% less volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. has a 0.72 beta and it is 28.00% less volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500.

Dividends

American Tower Corporation (REIT) pays out a $3.15 per share dividend on a yearly basis and it also offers 1.6% dividend yield. The dividend yield for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. is 9.94% while its annual dividend payout is $1.84 per share.

Analyst Recommendations

Ratings and Recommendations for American Tower Corporation (REIT) and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. can be find in next table.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Tower Corporation (REIT)	0	0	0	0.00
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc.	0	2	1	2.33

Competitively Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. has an average price target of $18, with potential downside of -3.23%.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

Institutional investors held 96.1% of American Tower Corporation (REIT) shares and 79.1% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. shares. 0.1% are American Tower Corporation (REIT)’s share held by insiders. Competitively, 0.3% are Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc.’s share held by insiders.

Performance

In this table we show the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
American Tower Corporation (REIT)	3.13%	3.96%	10.92%	19.44%	32.74%	13.59%
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc.	0.5%	-0.11%	-4.62%	-6.43%	-0.38%	9.12%

For the past year American Tower Corporation (REIT)’s stock price has bigger growth than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc.

Summary

On 13 of the 16 factors American Tower Corporation (REIT) beats Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily originates, acquires, invests in, and manages commercial first mortgage loans, subordinate financings, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and other commercial real estate-related debt investments in the United States. The company is qualified as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income taxes, if it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its stockholders. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York.