ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR) Competitors

ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) and AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer ARR or AGNC?

ARMOUR Residential REIT presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.65%. AGNC Investment has a consensus target price of $9.58, indicating a potential downside of 2.06%. Given ARMOUR Residential REIT's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe ARMOUR Residential REIT is more favorable than AGNC Investment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARMOUR Residential REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
AGNC Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Is ARR or AGNC a better dividend stock?

ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.0%. AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays out -1,200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AGNC Investment pays out 423.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ARMOUR Residential REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, ARR or AGNC?

ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ARR or AGNC more profitable?

AGNC Investment has a net margin of 11.50% compared to ARMOUR Residential REIT's net margin of -4.55%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 19.32% beat ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARMOUR Residential REIT	-4.55%	15.89%	1.64%
AGNC Investment	11.50%	19.32%	1.71%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ARR or AGNC?

54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to ARR or AGNC?

In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 6 more articles in the media than ARMOUR Residential REIT. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AGNC Investment and 7 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat ARMOUR Residential REIT's score of 1.13 indicating that AGNC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARMOUR Residential REIT	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AGNC Investment	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ARR or AGNC?

AGNC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AGNC Investment, 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
ARMOUR Residential REIT	$550.95M	2.52	-$14.39M	-$0.24	-63.10
AGNC Investment	$2.95B	3.46	$863M	$0.34	28.78

Summary

AGNC Investment beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.