Best Dividend Stocks in REIT - Mortgage for 2026
Reliable dividend payers with sustainable yields, screened on payout ratio and balance-sheet health.
Mortgage REITs (mREITs) earn the spread between leveraged mortgage-securities portfolios and short-term funding. The cohort screens cheap on Valuation (price-to-book) but the Health pillar (leverage, repo funding stability) is the gating factor since spread compression and funding stress are recurring drawdown drivers.
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Top 20 REIT - Mortgage stocks by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABR.US | Arbor Realty Trust | 56.6 |
| 2 | IVR.US | Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc | 69.5 |
| 3 | ARR.US | ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc | 62.6 |
| 4 | DX.US | Dynex Capital Inc | 75.5 |
| 5 | MFA.US | MFA Financial Inc | 61.0 |
| 6 | PMT.US | PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust | 57.8 |
| 7 | FBRT.US | Franklin BSP Realty Trust Inc | 45.5 |
| 8 | AGNC.US | AGNC Investment Corp. | 63.7 |
| 9 | RWT.US | Redwood Trust Inc | 48.1 |
| 10 | NLY.US | Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 57.7 |
| 11 | CIM.US | Chimera Investment Corporation | 54.5 |
| 12 | EFC.US | Ellington Financial Inc. | 68.3 |
| 13 | TRTX.US | TPG RE Finance Trust Inc | 61.7 |
| 14 | TWO.US | Two Harbors Investments Corp | 53.1 |
| 15 | BRSP.US | Brightspire Capital Inc | 49.6 |
| 16 | STWD.US | Starwood Property Trust Inc | 50.4 |
| 17 | RITM.US | Rithm Capital Corp. | 54.0 |
| 18 | BXMT.US | Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc | 46.0 |
| 19 | ADAM.US | New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. | 60.2 |
| 20 | ARI.US | Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc | 51.8 |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score within the REIT - Mortgage industry; use the screener for the full ranked list.