MFA Financial (MFA) Competitors

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) and MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Is AGNC or MFA more profitable?

MFA Financial has a net margin of 17.62% compared to AGNC Investment's net margin of 11.50%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 19.32% beat MFA Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGNC Investment	11.50%	19.32%	1.71%
MFA Financial	17.62%	8.61%	1.39%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AGNC or MFA?

38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of MFA Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MFA Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, AGNC or MFA?

AGNC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than MFA Financial. MFA Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AGNC Investment, 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
AGNC Investment	$2.95B	3.53	$863M	$0.34	29.38
MFA Financial	$723.97M	1.27	$119.25M	$0.87	10.30

Which has more risk and volatility, AGNC or MFA?

AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFA Financial has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate AGNC or MFA?

AGNC Investment currently has a consensus price target of $9.63, suggesting a potential downside of 3.65%. MFA Financial has a consensus price target of $11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 31.07%. Given MFA Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MFA Financial is more favorable than AGNC Investment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AGNC Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
MFA Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is AGNC or MFA a better dividend stock?

AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. MFA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.1%. 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. MFA Financial pays out 165.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MFA Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. MFA Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor AGNC or MFA?

In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 16 more articles in the media than MFA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for AGNC Investment and 2 mentions for MFA Financial. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat MFA Financial's score of 0.51 indicating that AGNC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AGNC Investment	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MFA Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AGNC Investment beats MFA Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.