AGNC Investment (AGNC) Competitors

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) and MGM Growth Properties (NYSE:MGP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AGNC or MGP?

AGNC Investment received 310 more outperform votes than MGM Growth Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.46% of users gave AGNC Investment an outperform vote while only 56.01% of users gave MGM Growth Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AGNC Investment	Outperform Votes 641 61.46%	Underperform Votes 402 38.54%
MGM Growth Properties	Outperform Votes 331 56.01%	Underperform Votes 260 43.99%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AGNC or MGP?

MGM Growth Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AGNC Investment. AGNC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MGM Growth Properties, 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
AGNC Investment	$2.04B	3.58	$155M	$0.91	11.04
MGM Growth Properties	$782.06M	8.35	$205.50M	$1.37	30.39

Is AGNC or MGP more profitable?

MGM Growth Properties has a net margin of 27.27% compared to AGNC Investment's net margin of 16.15%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 26.78% beat MGM Growth Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGNC Investment	16.15%	26.78%	2.43%
MGM Growth Properties	27.27%	4.10%	2.10%

Is AGNC or MGP a better dividend stock?

AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. MGM Growth Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. AGNC Investment pays out 158.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MGM Growth Properties pays out 154.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer AGNC or MGP?

In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 28 more articles in the media than MGM Growth Properties. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for AGNC Investment and 0 mentions for MGM Growth Properties. MGM Growth Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat AGNC Investment's score of 0.40 indicating that MGM Growth Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AGNC Investment	Neutral
MGM Growth Properties	Positive

Do analysts rate AGNC or MGP?

AGNC Investment presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.50%. Given AGNC Investment's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AGNC Investment is more favorable than MGM Growth Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AGNC Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
MGM Growth Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, AGNC or MGP?

AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGM Growth Properties has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AGNC or MGP?

38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of MGM Growth Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of MGM Growth Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

AGNC Investment beats MGM Growth Properties on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.