DiamondRock Hospitality (NYSE:DRH – Get Free Report) and AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Dividends
DiamondRock Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%. DiamondRock Hospitality pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Volatility & Risk
DiamondRock Hospitality has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares DiamondRock Hospitality and AGNC Investment”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
DiamondRock Hospitality | $1.11 billion | 1.58 | $86.34 million | $0.36 | 23.08 |
AGNC Investment | $514.00 million | 14.40 | $155.00 million | $0.91 | 11.19 |
AGNC Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DiamondRock Hospitality. AGNC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DiamondRock Hospitality, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for DiamondRock Hospitality and AGNC Investment, as reported by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
DiamondRock Hospitality | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
AGNC Investment | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2.60 |
DiamondRock Hospitality presently has a consensus price target of $10.08, indicating a potential upside of 21.34%. AGNC Investment has a consensus price target of $10.13, indicating a potential downside of 0.54%. Given DiamondRock Hospitality’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe DiamondRock Hospitality is more favorable than AGNC Investment.
Profitability
This table compares DiamondRock Hospitality and AGNC Investment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
DiamondRock Hospitality | 6.43% | 4.31% | 2.19% |
AGNC Investment | 16.15% | 26.21% | 2.36% |
Summary
AGNC Investment beats DiamondRock Hospitality on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About DiamondRock Hospitality
DiamondRock Hospitality Company is a self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT) that is an owner of a leading portfolio of geographically diversified hotels concentrated in leisure destinations and top gateway markets. The Company currently owns 36 premium quality hotels with over 9,700 rooms. The Company has strategically positioned its portfolio to be operated both under leading global brand families as well as independent boutique hotels in the lifestyle segment.
About AGNC Investment
AGNC Investment Corp., formerly American Capital Agency Corp., is a real estate investment trust. The Company invests in agency residential mortgage-backed securities on a leveraged basis. Its investments consist of residential mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a government-sponsored enterprise, such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), or by the United States Government agency, such as the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) (collectively, GSEs). Its agency securities include agency residential mortgage-backed securities (Agency RMBS) and to-be-announced forward contracts (TBAs). Its Non-Agency Securities include credit risk transfer securities (CRT), non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities (Non-Agency RMBS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).
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