ARR vs. AGNC, NYMT, CIM, DX, EFC, IVR, MFA, NLY, ORC, and TWO
Should you be buying ARMOUR Residential REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ARMOUR Residential REIT include AGNC Investment (AGNC), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), Chimera Investment (CIM), Dynex Capital (DX), Ellington Financial (EFC), INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL (IVR), MFA Financial (MFA), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), and Two Harbors Investments (TWO). These companies are all part of the "reit - mtge trust" industry.
ARMOUR Residential REIT vs. Its Competitors
ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) and AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 4 more articles in the media than ARMOUR Residential REIT. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for AGNC Investment and 13 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat ARMOUR Residential REIT's score of 0.60 indicating that AGNC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
ARMOUR Residential REIT presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.98%. AGNC Investment has a consensus target price of $9.58, indicating a potential upside of 1.84%. Given AGNC Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AGNC Investment is more favorable than ARMOUR Residential REIT.
ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.2%. AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.3%. 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.
Summary
AGNC Investment beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ARR) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
