MFA Financial (MFA) Competitors

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

Which has higher 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	3.26	$863M	$0.40	23.54
MFA Financial	$723.97M	1.38	$119.25M	$0.98	9.93

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MFA Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is AGNC or MFA more profitable?

MFA Financial has a net margin of 18.86% compared to AGNC Investment's net margin of 14.91%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 20.36% beat MFA Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGNC Investment	14.91%	20.36%	1.82%
MFA Financial	18.86%	9.44%	1.56%

Do analysts recommend AGNC or MFA?

AGNC Investment presently has a consensus price target of $9.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.56%. MFA Financial has a consensus price target of $12.92, indicating a potential upside of 32.68%. Given MFA Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
MFA Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

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 15.3%. MFA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. 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. MFA Financial pays out 146.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MFA Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, AGNC or MFA?

AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFA Financial has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AGNC or MFA?

In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 5 more articles in the media than MFA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for AGNC Investment and 5 mentions for MFA Financial. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat MFA Financial's score of 0.57 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MFA Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 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.