AGM vs. MTG, RDN, TFSL, SMPL, WSFS, WD, WAFD, BANC, PFS, and NWBI
Should you be buying Federal Agricultural Mortgage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federal Agricultural Mortgage include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), TFS Financial (TFSL), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), Banc of California (BANC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage vs.
MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and Federal Agricultural Mortgage (NYSE:AGM) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 2 more articles in the media than Federal Agricultural Mortgage. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MGIC Investment and 6 mentions for Federal Agricultural Mortgage. Federal Agricultural Mortgage's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat MGIC Investment's score of 1.25 indicating that Federal Agricultural Mortgage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MGIC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Federal Agricultural Mortgage. MGIC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Agricultural Mortgage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MGIC Investment received 266 more outperform votes than Federal Agricultural Mortgage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.39% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 64.31% of users gave Federal Agricultural Mortgage an outperform vote.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.18% compared to Federal Agricultural Mortgage's net margin of 12.75%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage's return on equity of 19.43% beat MGIC Investment's return on equity.
MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. MGIC Investment pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MGIC Investment presently has a consensus price target of $26.75, suggesting a potential upside of 10.08%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a consensus price target of $230.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.60%. Given Federal Agricultural Mortgage's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Federal Agricultural Mortgage is more favorable than MGIC Investment.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Federal Agricultural Mortgage on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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