ORC vs. AGNC, ARR, CIM, DX, EFC, IVR, MFA, NLY, RITM, and TWO
Should you be buying Orchid Island Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orchid Island Capital include AGNC Investment (AGNC), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Chimera Investment (CIM), Dynex Capital (DX), Ellington Financial (EFC), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), MFA Financial (MFA), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Rithm Capital (RITM), and Two Harbors Investments (TWO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Orchid Island Capital vs. Its Competitors
AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) and Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
AGNC Investment presently has a consensus price target of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.56%. Given AGNC Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AGNC Investment is more favorable than Orchid Island Capital.
38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Orchid Island Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Orchid Island Capital shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 6 more articles in the media than Orchid Island Capital. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for AGNC Investment and 2 mentions for Orchid Island Capital. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Orchid Island Capital's score of 0.67 indicating that AGNC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.3%. Orchid Island Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.1%. 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. Orchid Island Capital 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. Orchid Island Capital has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Orchid Island Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
AGNC Investment has a net margin of 14.91% compared to Orchid Island Capital's net margin of 0.00%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 20.36% beat Orchid Island Capital's return on equity.
AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orchid Island Capital has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AGNC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Orchid Island Capital. Orchid Island 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.
Summary
AGNC Investment beats Orchid Island Capital on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ORC) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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