NLY vs. AGNC, STWD, ARI, TWO, RC, CIM, PMT, ARR, MFA, and DX
Should you be buying Annaly Capital Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Annaly Capital Management include AGNC Investment (AGNC), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Ready Capital (RC), Chimera Investment (CIM), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), MFA Financial (MFA), and Dynex Capital (DX). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry.
Annaly Capital Management vs.
Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) and AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
AGNC Investment has a net margin of 42.19% compared to Annaly Capital Management's net margin of 2.59%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 23.41% beat Annaly Capital Management's return on equity.
51.6% of Annaly Capital Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Annaly Capital Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 15 more articles in the media than Annaly Capital Management. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for AGNC Investment and 4 mentions for Annaly Capital Management. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Annaly Capital Management's score of 0.43 indicating that AGNC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Annaly Capital Management pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.0%. Annaly Capital Management pays out -3,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AGNC Investment pays out 100.0% 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 received 165 more outperform votes than Annaly Capital Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.04% of users gave AGNC Investment an outperform vote while only 55.70% of users gave Annaly Capital Management an outperform vote.
Annaly Capital Management presently has a consensus target price of $21.22, indicating a potential upside of 9.93%. AGNC Investment has a consensus target price of $10.44, indicating a potential upside of 8.61%. Given Annaly Capital Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Annaly Capital Management is more favorable than AGNC Investment.
AGNC Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Annaly Capital Management. Annaly Capital Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AGNC Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Annaly Capital Management has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AGNC Investment beats Annaly Capital Management on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NLY) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
