Dynex Capital (DX) Competitors

ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) and Dynex Capital (NYSE:DX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARR or DX?

Dynex Capital received 36 more outperform votes than ARMOUR Residential REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.17% of users gave Dynex Capital an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave ARMOUR Residential REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ARMOUR Residential REIT	Outperform Votes 264 49.07%	Underperform Votes 274 50.93%
Dynex Capital	Outperform Votes 300 59.17%	Underperform Votes 207 40.83%

Do analysts recommend ARR or DX?

ARMOUR Residential REIT currently has a consensus price target of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.95%. Dynex Capital has a consensus price target of $13.56, suggesting a potential downside of 0.20%. Given ARMOUR Residential REIT's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ARMOUR Residential REIT is more favorable than Dynex Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARMOUR Residential REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Dynex Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is ARR or DX more profitable?

Dynex Capital has a net margin of 35.65% compared to ARMOUR Residential REIT's net margin of -2.61%. ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity of 16.00% beat Dynex Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARMOUR Residential REIT	-2.61%	16.00%	1.65%
Dynex Capital	35.65%	-2.24%	-0.30%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ARR or DX?

54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of Dynex Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Dynex Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ARR or DX a better dividend stock?

ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.9%. Dynex Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.0%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays out -669.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dynex Capital pays out 138.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ARMOUR Residential REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ARR or DX?

Dynex Capital has higher revenue and earnings than ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynex Capital, 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
ARMOUR Residential REIT	-$478K	-3,814.69	-$14.39M	-$0.43	-42.21
Dynex Capital	$150.40M	8.17	$113.90M	$1.47	9.24

Which has more volatility & risk, ARR or DX?

ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynex Capital has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ARR or DX?

In the previous week, ARMOUR Residential REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Dynex Capital. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT and 6 mentions for Dynex Capital. ARMOUR Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Dynex Capital's score of 1.20 indicating that ARMOUR Residential REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARMOUR Residential REIT	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Dynex Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Dynex Capital beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.