Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AGM or FMBH?

68.0% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer AGM or FMBH?

Federal Agricultural Mortgage presently has a consensus price target of $217.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.72%. First Mid Bancshares has a consensus price target of $43.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.01%. Given First Mid Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Mid Bancshares is more favorable than Federal Agricultural Mortgage.

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

Is AGM or FMBH a better dividend stock?

Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. First Mid Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Mid Bancshares pays out 28.4% 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 First Mid Bancshares has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Federal Agricultural Mortgage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer AGM or FMBH?

In the previous week, Federal Agricultural Mortgage and Federal Agricultural Mortgage both had 4 articles in the media. Federal Agricultural Mortgage's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat First Mid Bancshares' score of 1.11 indicating that Federal Agricultural Mortgage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Federal Agricultural Mortgage	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
First Mid Bancshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, AGM or FMBH?

Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AGM or FMBH?

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
Federal Agricultural Mortgage	$1.62B	1.38	$207.19M	$16.98	12.09
First Mid Bancshares	$453.67M	2.12	$78.90M	$3.52	11.40

Is AGM or FMBH 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
Federal Agricultural Mortgage	13.14%	18.86%	0.65%
First Mid Bancshares	18.32%	10.09%	1.15%

Summary

Federal Agricultural Mortgage beats First Mid Bancshares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.