AGNC Investment (AGNC) Competitors

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) and Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, AGNC or NLY?

AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Annaly Capital Management has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AGNC or NLY a better dividend stock?

AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.5%. Annaly Capital Management pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. AGNC Investment pays out 148.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Annaly Capital Management pays out 176.1% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AGNC or NLY?

38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Annaly Capital Management shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Annaly Capital Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to AGNC or NLY?

In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Annaly Capital Management. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for AGNC Investment and 21 mentions for Annaly Capital Management. Annaly Capital Management's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat AGNC Investment's score of 1.00 indicating that Annaly Capital Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AGNC Investment	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Annaly Capital Management	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AGNC or NLY?

AGNC Investment received 164 more outperform votes than Annaly Capital Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.98% of users gave AGNC Investment an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave Annaly Capital Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AGNC Investment	Outperform Votes 647 60.98%	Underperform Votes 414 39.02%
Annaly Capital Management	Outperform Votes 483 55.84%	Underperform Votes 382 44.16%

Is AGNC or NLY more profitable?

AGNC Investment has a net margin of 29.26% compared to Annaly Capital Management's net margin of 20.70%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 21.92% beat Annaly Capital Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGNC Investment	29.26%	21.92%	2.00%
Annaly Capital Management	20.70%	14.95%	1.60%

Do analysts recommend AGNC or NLY?

AGNC Investment currently has a consensus price target of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.74%. Annaly Capital Management has a consensus price target of $21.44, indicating a potential upside of 0.25%. Given AGNC Investment's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AGNC Investment is more favorable than Annaly Capital Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AGNC Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Annaly Capital Management	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AGNC or NLY?

Annaly Capital Management has higher revenue and earnings than AGNC Investment. AGNC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Annaly Capital Management, 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	$973M	9.34	$863M	$0.97	10.24
Annaly Capital Management	$1.20B	10.32	$1.00B	$1.59	13.45

Summary

AGNC Investment and Annaly Capital Management tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.