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AGNC vs. PFLT, ARR, DX, IVR, MFA, NLY, O, ORC, TWO, and STWD

Should you be buying AGNC Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AGNC Investment include PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Dynex Capital (DX), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), MFA Financial (MFA), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Realty Income (O), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), Two Harbors Investments (TWO), and Starwood Property Trust (STWD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

AGNC Investment vs. Its Competitors

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) and AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 45.36% compared to AGNC Investment's net margin of 14.91%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 20.36% beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital45.36% 10.76% 4.65%
AGNC Investment 14.91%20.36%1.82%

19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 136.7% 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 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.

AGNC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. PennantPark Floating Rate 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital$84.09M12.68$91.84M$0.9011.94
AGNC Investment$584M16.17$863M$0.4023.14

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital currently has a consensus target price of $10.96, suggesting a potential upside of 1.95%. AGNC Investment has a consensus target price of $9.79, suggesting a potential upside of 5.73%. Given AGNC Investment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AGNC Investment is more favorable than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
AGNC Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 12 more articles in the media than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for AGNC Investment and 6 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's score of 0.08 indicating that AGNC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
AGNC Investment
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AGNC Investment beats PennantPark Floating Rate Capital on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AGNC vs. The Competition

MetricAGNC InvestmentREIT IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.45B$1.42B$12.03B$9.35B
Dividend Yield15.47%12.95%5.58%4.09%
P/E Ratio23.1616.4019.1419.83
Price / Sales16.173.3826.21106.18
Price / Cash4.7110.7421.3457.53
Price / Book1.010.772.315.72
Net Income$863M$79.73M$997.60M$257.51M
7 Day Performance-2.06%-1.04%-0.13%0.59%
1 Month Performance0.71%4.25%4.62%10.74%
1 Year Performance-10.84%-14.77%541.12%15.87%

AGNC Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AGNC
AGNC Investment
3.1358 of 5 stars
$9.26
-0.2%
$9.79
+5.7%
-11.8%$9.45B$584M23.1650Upcoming Earnings
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.7605 of 5 stars
$10.81
+0.6%
$10.92
+1.0%
-9.1%$1.07B$84.09M7.73658Analyst Forecast
ARR
ARMOUR Residential REIT
3.0973 of 5 stars
$16.73
-0.7%
$18.50
+10.6%
-23.8%$1.37B$4.08M-47.79N/ANews Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
DX
Dynex Capital
3.3655 of 5 stars
$12.63
-1.0%
$12.67
+0.3%
+0.3%$1.35B$108.02M16.4020Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
IVR
Invesco Mortgage Capital
1.4074 of 5 stars
$7.55
-1.5%
$7.25
-3.9%
-24.2%$497.53M$69.84M17.96N/ANews Coverage
MFA
MFA Financial
3.4059 of 5 stars
$9.34
-0.3%
$12.21
+30.8%
-20.4%$958.24M$723.97M9.53350Analyst Forecast
NLY
Annaly Capital Management
3.7534 of 5 stars
$19.69
-0.1%
$20.90
+6.1%
-5.1%$11.77B$4.84B22.13160Upcoming Earnings
O
Realty Income
3.3296 of 5 stars
$58.62
+2.6%
$61.15
+4.3%
+0.7%$52.93B$5.27B53.29400Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
ORC
Orchid Island Capital
3.3004 of 5 stars
$7.07
-1.2%
N/A-19.4%$895.21M$241.58M17.662,018Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
TWO
Two Harbors Investments
3.7487 of 5 stars
$10.15
-1.3%
$13.00
+28.1%
-28.0%$1.06B$216.08M-19.89100
STWD
Starwood Property Trust
3.1242 of 5 stars
$20.85
-0.2%
$22.00
+5.5%
+3.3%$7.08B$844.65M21.94290News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:AGNC) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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