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
AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) and Dynex Capital (NYSE:DX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 4 more articles in the media than Dynex Capital. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AGNC Investment and 9 mentions for Dynex Capital. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Dynex Capital's score of 0.42 indicating that AGNC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AGNC Investment presently has a consensus target price of $9.79, indicating a potential upside of 5.79%. Dynex Capital has a consensus target price of $12.67, indicating a potential upside of 1.01%. Given AGNC Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe AGNC Investment is more favorable than Dynex Capital.
AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%. Dynex Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.3%. 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. 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 raised 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.
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.
AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynex Capital has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of Dynex Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Dynex Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dynex Capital has a net margin of 20.61% compared to AGNC Investment's net margin of 14.91%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 20.36% beat Dynex Capital's return on equity.
Summary
AGNC Investment beats Dynex Capital on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:DX) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
