Reviewing Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações (OTCMKTS:CYRBY) & Bimini Capital Management (OTCMKTS:BMNM)

Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações (OTCMKTS:CYRBY) and Bimini Capital Management (OTCMKTS:BMNM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações and Bimini Capital Management’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações	$888.00 million	1.64	$169.36 million	N/A	N/A
Bimini Capital Management	$13.60 million	0.67	-$3.98 million	($0.39)	-2.31

Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações has higher revenue and earnings than Bimini Capital Management.

Profitability

This table compares Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações and Bimini Capital Management’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bimini Capital Management	-31.83%	-33.43%	-3.65%

Volatility & Risk

Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bimini Capital Management has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Bimini Capital Management pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. Bimini Capital Management pays out -33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações and Bimini Capital Management, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações	0	0	0	0	N/A
Bimini Capital Management	0	0	0	0	N/A

Summary

Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações beats Bimini Capital Management on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações

Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações develops, constructs, and sells residential properties in Brazil. It is also involved in the provision of construction management and technical consultancy services related to real estate. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

About Bimini Capital Management

Bimini Capital Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty finance company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Asset Management and Investment Portfolio. The Asset Management segment includes investment advisory services by Bimini Advisors to Orchid Island Capital, Inc. and Royal Palm Capital, LLC. The Investment Portfolio segment engages in investment activities conducted by Royal Palm Capital, LLC. It invests in residential mortgage-backed securities. The company was formerly known as Opteum Inc. and changed its name to Bimini Capital Management, Inc. in September 2007. Bimini Capital Management, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Vero Beach, Florida.