STWD vs. AGNC, NLY, ARI, FR, STAG, COLD, RHP, BRX, ADC, and AIRC
Should you be buying Starwood Property Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Starwood Property Trust include AGNC Investment (AGNC), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), STAG Industrial (STAG), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Agree Realty (ADC), and Apartment Income REIT (AIRC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) and Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 25 more articles in the media than Starwood Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for AGNC Investment and 3 mentions for Starwood Property Trust. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Starwood Property Trust's score of 0.47 indicating that Starwood Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AGNC Investment currently has a consensus target price of $9.79, indicating a potential upside of 6.14%. Starwood Property Trust has a consensus target price of $21.71, indicating a potential upside of 12.33%. Given AGNC Investment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Starwood Property Trust is more favorable than AGNC Investment.
AGNC Investment received 205 more outperform votes than Starwood Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.74% of users gave Starwood Property Trust an outperform vote while only 61.33% of users gave AGNC Investment an outperform vote.
Starwood Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than AGNC Investment. AGNC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Starwood Property Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of Starwood Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Starwood Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%. Starwood Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. AGNC Investment pays out 158.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Starwood Property Trust pays out 179.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Starwood Property Trust has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AGNC Investment has a net margin of 32.12% compared to AGNC Investment's net margin of 16.55%. Starwood Property Trust's return on equity of 27.92% beat AGNC Investment's return on equity.
Summary
Starwood Property Trust beats AGNC Investment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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