STWD vs. AGNC, NLY, STAG, BRX, FR, RHP, HR, COLD, ADC, and AIRC
Should you be buying Starwood Property Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Starwood Property Trust include AGNC Investment (AGNC), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), STAG Industrial (STAG), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Agree Realty (ADC), and Apartment Income REIT (AIRC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) and Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Starwood Property Trust has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AGNC Investment received 204 more outperform votes than Starwood Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.79% of users gave Starwood Property Trust an outperform vote while only 61.33% of users gave AGNC Investment an outperform vote.
AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.6%. Starwood Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. 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. Starwood Property Trust pays out 138.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Starwood Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than AGNC Investment. AGNC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Starwood Property Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of Starwood Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Starwood Property Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AGNC Investment has a net margin of 32.12% compared to AGNC Investment's net margin of 21.20%. Starwood Property Trust's return on equity of 27.14% beat AGNC Investment's return on equity.
AGNC Investment currently has a consensus price target of $9.79, indicating a potential downside of 0.85%. Starwood Property Trust has a consensus price target of $21.88, indicating a potential upside of 5.47%. Given AGNC Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Starwood Property Trust is more favorable than AGNC Investment.
In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 4 more articles in the media than Starwood Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for AGNC Investment and 7 mentions for Starwood Property Trust. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Starwood Property Trust's score of 0.74 indicating that Starwood Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Starwood Property Trust beats AGNC Investment on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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