Best REIT - Mortgage Stocks in Real Estate for 2026
Top-ranked REIT - Mortgage stocks within the Real Estate sector. Mortgage REITs earn the spread between leveraged mortgage portfolios and short-term funding; cheap on price-to-book, but Health funding stability gates the risk.
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 in Real Estate by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IVR.US | Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc | 77.2 |
| 2 | ORC.US | Orchid Island Capital Inc. | 76.0 |
| 3 | DX.US | Dynex Capital Inc | 73.0 |
| 4 | ARR.US | ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc | 71.8 |
| 5 | MITT.US | AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc | 70.0 |
| 6 | REFI.US | Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance Inc | 68.4 |
| 7 | CHMI.US | Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp | 68.3 |
| 8 | LFT.US | Lument Finance Trust Inc | 67.9 |
| 9 | SUNS.US | Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc. | 67.2 |
| 10 | ARI.US | Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc | 66.9 |
| 11 | MFA.US | MFA Financial Inc | 66.2 |
| 12 | ADAM.US | New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. | 65.7 |
| 13 | NLY.US | Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 65.2 |
| 14 | EFC.US | Ellington Financial Inc. | 65.1 |
| 15 | SEVN.US | Seven Hills Realty Trust | 64.3 |
| 16 | AGNC.US | AGNC Investment Corp. | 63.1 |
| 17 | LOAN.US | Manhattan Bridge Capital Inc | 62.9 |
| 18 | NREF.US | Nexpoint Real Estate Finance Inc | 60.1 |
| 19 | ACRE.US | Ares Commercial Real Estate | 59.1 |
| 20 | GPMT.US | Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc | 58.8 |
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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 under Real Estate. Use the screener for the full ranked list.