AGNC Investment (AGNC) Competitors

Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) and AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has better valuation and earnings, NLY or AGNC?

Annaly Capital Management has higher revenue and earnings than AGNC Investment. Annaly Capital Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AGNC Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Annaly Capital Management	$898.19M	13.10	$1.00B	$0.89	22.12
AGNC Investment	$584M	16.06	$863M	$0.40	22.98

Is NLY or AGNC more profitable?

AGNC Investment has a net margin of 29.26% compared to Annaly Capital Management's net margin of 20.70%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 21.92% beat Annaly Capital Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Annaly Capital Management	20.70%	14.95%	1.60%
AGNC Investment	29.26%	21.92%	2.00%

Do analysts prefer NLY or AGNC?

Annaly Capital Management currently has a consensus target price of $21.10, suggesting a potential upside of 7.16%. AGNC Investment has a consensus target price of $9.96, suggesting a potential upside of 8.43%. Given AGNC Investment's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AGNC Investment is more favorable than Annaly Capital Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Annaly Capital Management	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
AGNC Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in NLY or AGNC?

51.6% of Annaly Capital Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Annaly Capital Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NLY or AGNC a better dividend stock?

Annaly Capital Management pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.2%. AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.7%. Annaly Capital Management pays out 314.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AGNC Investment pays out 360.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Annaly Capital Management has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Which has more risk and volatility, NLY or AGNC?

Annaly Capital Management has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer NLY or AGNC?

In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 9 more articles in the media than Annaly Capital Management. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for AGNC Investment and 8 mentions for Annaly Capital Management. Annaly Capital Management's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat AGNC Investment's score of 1.00 indicating that Annaly Capital Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Annaly Capital Management	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AGNC Investment	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NLY or AGNC?

AGNC Investment received 163 more outperform votes than Annaly Capital Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.01% of users gave AGNC Investment an outperform vote while only 56.09% of users gave Annaly Capital Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Annaly Capital Management	Outperform Votes 488 56.09%	Underperform Votes 382 43.91%
AGNC Investment	Outperform Votes 651 61.01%	Underperform Votes 416 38.99%

Summary

AGNC Investment beats Annaly Capital Management on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.