AGNC vs. NLY, STWD, ARI, ARR, DX, TWO, PMT, CIM, MFA, and RC
Should you be buying AGNC Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AGNC Investment include Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Dynex Capital (DX), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Chimera Investment (CIM), MFA Financial (MFA), and Ready Capital (RC). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry.
AGNC Investment vs.
AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) and Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
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.
AGNC Investment received 163 more outperform votes than Annaly Capital Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.05% of users gave AGNC Investment an outperform vote while only 56.14% of users gave Annaly Capital Management an outperform vote.
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.
AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. Annaly Capital Management pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.5%. 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 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. Annaly Capital Management has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 6 more articles in the media than Annaly Capital Management. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for AGNC Investment and 9 mentions for Annaly Capital Management. Annaly Capital Management's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat AGNC Investment's score of 0.73 indicating that Annaly Capital Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AGNC Investment presently has a consensus target price of $9.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.50%. Annaly Capital Management has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.44%. Given Annaly Capital Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Annaly Capital Management is more favorable than AGNC Investment.
AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Annaly Capital Management has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Annaly Capital Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Annaly Capital Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Annaly Capital Management beats AGNC Investment on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AGNC) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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