Two Harbors Investments (TWO) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend AGNC or TWO?

AGNC Investment presently has a consensus target price of $9.58, indicating a potential downside of 3.00%. Two Harbors Investments has a consensus target price of $12.57, indicating a potential upside of 27.95%. Given Two Harbors Investments' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Two Harbors Investments 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Two Harbors Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is AGNC or TWO a better dividend stock?

AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.6%. Two Harbors Investments pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.9%. 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. Two Harbors Investments pays out -43.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Two Harbors Investments has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Two Harbors Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AGNC or TWO?

38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Two Harbors Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Two Harbors Investments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor AGNC or TWO?

In the previous week, Two Harbors Investments had 1 more articles in the media than AGNC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Two Harbors Investments and 13 mentions for AGNC Investment. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Two Harbors Investments' score of 0.29 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	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Two Harbors Investments	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is AGNC or TWO more profitable?

AGNC Investment has a net margin of 11.50% compared to Two Harbors Investments' net margin of -67.06%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 19.32% beat Two Harbors Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGNC Investment	11.50%	19.32%	1.71%
Two Harbors Investments	-67.06%	9.39%	1.07%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AGNC or TWO?

AGNC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Two Harbors Investments. Two Harbors Investments 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	3.49	$863M	$0.34	29.06
Two Harbors Investments	$450.15M	2.27	$298.17M	-$3.56	-2.76

Which has more volatility and risk, AGNC or TWO?

AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Two Harbors Investments has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AGNC Investment beats Two Harbors Investments on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.