BRX vs. AGNC, RHP, STAG, COLD, FR, STWD, NNN, EGP, OHI, and ADC
Should you be buying Brixmor Property Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brixmor Property Group include AGNC Investment (AGNC), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), STAG Industrial (STAG), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), NNN REIT (NNN), EastGroup Properties (EGP), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), and Agree Realty (ADC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Brixmor Property Group (NYSE:BRX) and AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
Brixmor Property Group currently has a consensus target price of $25.38, suggesting a potential upside of 14.35%. AGNC Investment has a consensus target price of $9.79, suggesting a potential upside of 4.10%. Given Brixmor Property Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brixmor Property Group is more favorable than AGNC Investment.
AGNC Investment received 207 more outperform votes than Brixmor Property Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.33% of users gave AGNC Investment an outperform vote while only 60.17% of users gave Brixmor Property Group an outperform vote.
Brixmor Property Group has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brixmor Property Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AGNC Investment. AGNC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brixmor Property Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.4% of Brixmor Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Brixmor Property Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AGNC Investment shares are held by company 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.
In the previous week, Brixmor Property Group had 3 more articles in the media than AGNC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Brixmor Property Group and 18 mentions for AGNC Investment. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Brixmor Property Group's score of 0.39 indicating that AGNC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AGNC Investment has a net margin of 32.12% compared to Brixmor Property Group's net margin of 22.47%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 27.92% beat Brixmor Property Group's return on equity.
Brixmor Property Group pays an annual dividend of $1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.3%. Brixmor Property Group pays out 117.2% 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 pays out 158.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Brixmor Property Group beats AGNC Investment on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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