Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Outperforms Finance Stocks YTD.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) has outperformed the finance sector with a 18.3% year-to-date return, compared to the average 14.3% return for the sector. The company has a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) and a consensus estimate for full-year earnings has moved 1% higher within the past quarter. ARI belongs to the REIT and Equity Trust industry, which has gained an average of 5% year-to-date.