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
AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) and ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AGNC Investment has a net margin of 14.91% compared to ARMOUR Residential REIT's net margin of -0.27%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 20.36% beat ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity.
AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.5%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.4%. AGNC Investment pays out 360.0% 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 pays out -822.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ARMOUR Residential REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AGNC Investment presently has a consensus target price of $9.79, suggesting a potential upside of 5.45%. ARMOUR Residential REIT has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.48%. Given ARMOUR Residential REIT's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ARMOUR Residential REIT is more favorable than AGNC Investment.
In the previous week, ARMOUR Residential REIT had 1 more articles in the media than AGNC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT and 13 mentions for AGNC Investment. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat ARMOUR Residential REIT's score of 0.48 indicating that AGNC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
AGNC Investment beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ARR) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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