Dynex Capital (DX) Competitors

ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) and Dynex Capital (NYSE:DX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ARR or DX?

Dynex Capital has higher revenue and earnings than ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynex Capital, 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	$4.08M	320.06	-$14.39M	-$0.35	-45.62
Dynex Capital	$108.02M	11.95	$113.90M	$0.77	15.64

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ARR or DX?

54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of Dynex Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Dynex Capital shares are held by company 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.

Do analysts rate ARR or DX?

ARMOUR Residential REIT currently has a consensus target price of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.40%. Dynex Capital has a consensus target price of $12.83, indicating a potential upside of 6.54%. Given ARMOUR Residential REIT's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe ARMOUR Residential REIT is more favorable than Dynex Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARMOUR Residential REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Dynex Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is ARR or DX more profitable?

Dynex Capital has a net margin of 35.65% compared to ARMOUR Residential REIT's net margin of -2.61%. ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity of 16.00% beat Dynex Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARMOUR Residential REIT	-2.61%	16.00%	1.65%
Dynex Capital	35.65%	-2.24%	-0.30%

Is ARR or DX a better dividend stock?

ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.0%. Dynex Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.9%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays out -822.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dynex Capital pays out 264.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Dynex Capital has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. ARMOUR Residential REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to ARR or DX?

In the previous week, ARMOUR Residential REIT had 3 more articles in the media than Dynex Capital. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT and 5 mentions for Dynex Capital. Dynex Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat ARMOUR Residential REIT's score of 1.44 indicating that Dynex Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARMOUR Residential REIT	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dynex Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARR or DX?

Dynex Capital received 37 more outperform votes than ARMOUR Residential REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.22% of users gave Dynex Capital an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave ARMOUR Residential REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ARMOUR Residential REIT	Outperform Votes 265 49.07%	Underperform Votes 275 50.93%
Dynex Capital	Outperform Votes 302 59.22%	Underperform Votes 208 40.78%

Which has more risk & volatility, ARR or DX?

ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynex Capital has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dynex Capital beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.