DX vs. AGNC, ARR, CIM, EFC, IVR, MFA, NLY, ORC, RITM, and TWO
Should you be buying Dynex Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dynex Capital include AGNC Investment (AGNC), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Chimera Investment (CIM), Ellington Financial (EFC), INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL (IVR), MFA Financial (MFA), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), Rithm Capital (RITM), and Two Harbors Investments (TWO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Dynex Capital vs. Its Competitors
Dynex Capital (NYSE:DX) and AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Dynex Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. Dynex Capital pays out 261.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Dynex Capital has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Dynex Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Dynex Capital has a net margin of 17.27% compared to AGNC Investment's net margin of 11.50%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 19.32% beat Dynex Capital's return on equity.
Dynex Capital has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 6 more articles in the media than Dynex Capital. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for AGNC Investment and 10 mentions for Dynex Capital. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Dynex Capital's score of 0.57 indicating that AGNC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dynex Capital currently has a consensus target price of $13.08, suggesting a potential downside of 1.37%. AGNC Investment has a consensus target price of $9.75, suggesting a potential downside of 2.74%. Given Dynex Capital's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dynex Capital is more favorable than AGNC Investment.
AGNC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Dynex Capital. Dynex Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AGNC Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
38.3% of Dynex Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Dynex Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are owned 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.
Summary
AGNC Investment beats Dynex Capital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DX) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
