Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM) Competitors

First Mid Bancshares (NASDAQ:FMBH) and Federal Agricultural Mortgage (NYSE:AGM) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FMBH or AGM?

47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of First Mid Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FMBH or AGM more profitable?

First Mid Bancshares has a net margin of 18.32% compared to Federal Agricultural Mortgage's net margin of 13.14%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage's return on equity of 18.86% beat First Mid Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Mid Bancshares	18.32%	10.09%	1.15%
Federal Agricultural Mortgage	13.14%	18.86%	0.65%

Do analysts rate FMBH or AGM?

First Mid Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $43.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.34%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a consensus target price of $217.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.30%. Given First Mid Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Mid Bancshares is more favorable than Federal Agricultural Mortgage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Mid Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Federal Agricultural Mortgage	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FMBH or AGM?

Federal Agricultural Mortgage has higher revenue and earnings than First Mid Bancshares. First Mid Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Agricultural Mortgage, 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
First Mid Bancshares	$330.72M	2.73	$78.90M	$3.52	10.67
Federal Agricultural Mortgage	$1.62B	1.27	$207.19M	$16.98	11.08

Is FMBH or AGM a better dividend stock?

First Mid Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. First Mid Bancshares pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. First Mid Bancshares has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Federal Agricultural Mortgage has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Federal Agricultural Mortgage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, FMBH or AGM?

First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FMBH or AGM?

In the previous week, Federal Agricultural Mortgage had 4 more articles in the media than First Mid Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Federal Agricultural Mortgage and 3 mentions for First Mid Bancshares. First Mid Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Federal Agricultural Mortgage's score of 0.68 indicating that First Mid Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Mid Bancshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Federal Agricultural Mortgage	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Federal Agricultural Mortgage beats First Mid Bancshares on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.