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Best Mortgage REIT Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top mortgage reit stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best mortgage reit stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best mortgage reit stocks to buy right now are:

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) is the #1 top mortgage reit stock out of 39 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 6 points higher than the mortgage reit industry average of 28.

ARI passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has seen its stock return 21.73% over the past year, overperforming other mortgage reit stocks by 28 percentage points.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has an average 1 year price target of $11.00, an upside of 1.76% from Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's current stock price of $10.81.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Adamas Trust (NASDAQ:ADAM) is the #2 top mortgage reit stock out of 39 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Adamas Trust (NASDAQ:ADAM) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: D, and AI: C.

Adamas Trust (NASDAQ:ADAM) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 6 points higher than the mortgage reit industry average of 28.

ADAM passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Adamas Trust has seen its stock return 32.45% over the past year, overperforming other mortgage reit stocks by 39 percentage points.

Adamas Trust has an average 1 year price target of $7.92, a downside of -1.04% from Adamas Trust's current stock price of $8.00.

Adamas Trust stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Adamas Trust, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) is the #3 top mortgage reit stock out of 39 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Sunrise Realty Trust (NASDAQ:SUNS) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 17 points higher than the mortgage reit industry average of 28.

SUNS passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sunrise Realty Trust has seen its stock lose -21.67% over the past year, underperforming other mortgage reit stocks by -15 percentage points.

Sunrise Realty Trust has an average 1 year price target of $9.50, an upside of 1.06% from Sunrise Realty Trust's current stock price of $9.40.

Sunrise Realty Trust stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Sunrise Realty Trust, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 36 mortgage reit stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 mortgage reit stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Sachem Capital (NYSEMKT:SACH) has an annual dividend yield of 19.23%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the mortgage reit industry average of 12.6%. Sachem Capital's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Sachem Capital's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Sachem Capital's dividend payout ratio of -26% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (NYSE:CHMI) has an annual dividend yield of 18.59%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the mortgage reit industry average of 12.6%. Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six times in the last 10 years. Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment's dividend payout ratio of 1,833.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Ready Capital (NYSE:RC) has an annual dividend yield of 18.08%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the mortgage reit industry average of 12.6%. Ready Capital's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% ten times in the last 10 years. Ready Capital's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Ready Capital's dividend payout ratio of -33.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Mortgage reit stocks were down -3.98% in the last day, and down -3.05% over the last week. Two Harbors Investment was the among the top losers in the reit - mortgage industry, dropping -13.69% yesterday.

Shares of mortgage companies are trading lower possibly in sympathy with PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust after the company reported worse-than-expected Q4 sales results. Beazer Homes USA also posted worse-than-expected Q4 financial results.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued mortgage reit stocks right now are:

Rithm Capital (NYSE:RITM) is the most undervalued mortgage reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Rithm Capital has a valuation score of 57, which is 24 points higher than the mortgage reit industry average of 33. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Rithm Capital's stock has dropped -5.36% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the mortgage reit industry by 1 percentage points.

Invesco Mortgage Capital (NYSE:IVR) is the second most undervalued mortgage reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Invesco Mortgage Capital has a valuation score of 57, which is 24 points higher than the mortgage reit industry average of 33. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Invesco Mortgage Capital's stock has gained 3.12% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the mortgage reit industry by 10 percentage points.

Nexpoint Real Estate Finance (NYSE:NREF) is the third most undervalued mortgage reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Nexpoint Real Estate Finance has a valuation score of 43, which is 10 points higher than the mortgage reit industry average of 33. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nexpoint Real Estate Finance's stock has dropped -4.15% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the mortgage reit industry by 2 percentage points.

40% of mortgage reit stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect mortgage reit stocks to rise by 17.34% over the next year.

0% of mortgage reit stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of mortgage reit stocks are rated B (Buy), 82.86% are rated C (Hold), 14.29% are rated D (Sell), and 2.86% are rated F (Strong Sell).