AGM vs. BKU, FRME, SPNT, SBCF, PLMR, TOWN, PTY, ITCL, SHO, and UE
Should you be buying Federal Agricultural Mortgage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federal Agricultural Mortgage include BankUnited (BKU), First Merchants (FRME), SiriusPoint (SPNT), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Palomar (PLMR), TowneBank (TOWN), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Banco Itaú Chile (ITCL), Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), and Urban Edge Properties (UE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) and Federal Agricultural Mortgage (NYSE:AGM) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BankUnited. BankUnited 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, BankUnited had 5 more articles in the media than Federal Agricultural Mortgage. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BankUnited and 3 mentions for Federal Agricultural Mortgage. Federal Agricultural Mortgage's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat BankUnited's score of -0.50 indicating that BankUnited is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BankUnited has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BankUnited received 178 more outperform votes than Federal Agricultural Mortgage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.78% of users gave Federal Agricultural Mortgage an outperform vote while only 56.59% of users gave BankUnited an outperform vote.
BankUnited currently has a consensus price target of $30.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.89%. Given Federal Agricultural Mortgage's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BankUnited is more favorable than Federal Agricultural Mortgage.
99.7% of BankUnited shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of BankUnited shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a net margin of 14.13% compared to Federal Agricultural Mortgage's net margin of 8.71%. BankUnited's return on equity of 22.68% beat Federal Agricultural Mortgage's return on equity.
BankUnited pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. BankUnited pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays out 35.4% 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. BankUnited has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Federal Agricultural Mortgage has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
Summary
Federal Agricultural Mortgage beats BankUnited on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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