MITT vs. DX, NYMT, IVR, ACRE, NLY, AGNC, STWD, RC, ARI, and TWO
Should you be buying AG Mortgage Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AG Mortgage Investment Trust include Dynex Capital (DX), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Ready Capital (RC), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), and Two Harbors Investment (TWO). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry.
AG Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:MITT) and Dynex Capital (NYSE:DX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and community ranking.
AG Mortgage Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Dynex Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. AG Mortgage Investment Trust pays out 41.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dynex Capital pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Dynex Capital has a net margin of 30.50% compared to AG Mortgage Investment Trust's net margin of 20.84%. AG Mortgage Investment Trust's return on equity of 10.05% beat Dynex Capital's return on equity.
AG Mortgage Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Dynex Capital. AG Mortgage Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynex Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
27.3% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of Dynex Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Dynex Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AG Mortgage Investment Trust received 14 more outperform votes than Dynex Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.74% of users gave AG Mortgage Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 59.76% of users gave Dynex Capital an outperform vote.
AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynex Capital has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AG Mortgage Investment Trust currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.29%. Dynex Capital has a consensus target price of $13.35, suggesting a potential upside of 14.20%. Given Dynex Capital's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dynex Capital is more favorable than AG Mortgage Investment Trust.
In the previous week, Dynex Capital had 12 more articles in the media than AG Mortgage Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Dynex Capital and 2 mentions for AG Mortgage Investment Trust. AG Mortgage Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Dynex Capital's score of 0.26 indicating that AG Mortgage Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
AG Mortgage Investment Trust beats Dynex Capital on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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