Annaly Capital Management (NLY) Competitors

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

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 15.4%. Annaly Capital Management pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.5%. AGNC Investment pays out 360.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Annaly Capital Management pays out 314.6% 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 has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AGNC or NLY?

Annaly Capital Management has higher revenue and earnings than AGNC Investment. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AGNC Investment	$2.95B	3.24	$863M	$0.40	23.40
Annaly Capital Management	$4.84B	2.39	$1.00B	$0.89	21.72

Do analysts recommend AGNC or NLY?

AGNC Investment presently has a consensus price target of $9.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.17%. Annaly Capital Management has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.64%. Given Annaly Capital Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Annaly Capital Management is more favorable than AGNC Investment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AGNC Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Annaly Capital Management	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is AGNC or NLY more profitable?

AGNC Investment has a net margin of 14.91% compared to Annaly Capital Management's net margin of 13.10%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 20.36% beat Annaly Capital Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGNC Investment	14.91%	20.36%	1.82%
Annaly Capital Management	13.10%	15.31%	1.65%

Does the media favor AGNC or NLY?

In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Annaly Capital Management. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for AGNC Investment and 7 mentions for Annaly Capital Management. Annaly Capital Management's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat AGNC Investment's score of 0.84 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Annaly Capital Management	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, AGNC or NLY?

AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Annaly Capital Management has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AGNC or NLY?

38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Annaly Capital Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Annaly Capital Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Annaly Capital Management beats AGNC Investment on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.