AGM vs. MTG, RDN, SMPL, TFSL, WD, WSFS, WAFD, PFS, BANC, 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), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WSFS Financial (WSFS), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Banc of California (BANC), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage vs.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage (NYSE:AGM) and MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage presently has a consensus target price of $215.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.78%. MGIC Investment has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.04%. Given MGIC Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MGIC Investment is more favorable than Federal Agricultural Mortgage.
68.0% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 64.09% compared to Federal Agricultural Mortgage's net margin of 12.59%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage's return on equity of 20.14% beat MGIC Investment's return on equity.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGIC Investment pays out 18.3% 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. Federal Agricultural Mortgage has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Federal Agricultural Mortgage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 10 more articles in the media than Federal Agricultural Mortgage. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for MGIC Investment and 2 mentions for Federal Agricultural Mortgage. Federal Agricultural Mortgage's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat MGIC Investment's score of 0.96 indicating that Federal Agricultural Mortgage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MGIC Investment received 266 more outperform votes than Federal Agricultural Mortgage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.76% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 64.50% of users gave Federal Agricultural Mortgage an outperform vote.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Federal Agricultural Mortgage on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AGM) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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