AGM vs. FULT, HWC, IBOC, PPBI, TOWN, WTFC, ASB, FNB, HOMB, and SNV
Should you be buying Federal Agricultural Mortgage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federal Agricultural Mortgage include Fulton Financial (FULT), Hancock Whitney (HWC), International Bancshares (IBOC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Towne Bank (TOWN), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Associated Banc (ASB), F.N.B. (FNB), Home BancShares (HOMB), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage vs. Its Competitors
Federal Agricultural Mortgage (NYSE:AGM) and Fulton Financial (NASDAQ:FULT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage presently has a consensus price target of $215.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.95%. Fulton Financial has a consensus price target of $20.88, indicating a potential upside of 9.32%. Given Fulton Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fulton Financial is more favorable than Federal Agricultural Mortgage.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fulton Financial has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fulton Financial has a net margin of 16.59% compared to Federal Agricultural Mortgage's net margin of 12.65%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage's return on equity of 18.77% beat Fulton Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Fulton Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Federal Agricultural Mortgage. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Fulton Financial and 5 mentions for Federal Agricultural Mortgage. Fulton Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Federal Agricultural Mortgage's score of 0.91 indicating that Fulton Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fulton Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Federal Agricultural Mortgage. Fulton Financial 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.
68.0% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Fulton Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Fulton Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Fulton Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fulton Financial pays out 42.4% 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. Federal Agricultural Mortgage has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Fulton Financial has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Summary
Fulton Financial beats Federal Agricultural Mortgage on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AGM) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
