AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC – Get Free Report) and ACRES Commercial Realty (NYSE:ACR – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares AGNC Investment and ACRES Commercial Realty’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| AGNC Investment | 47.40% | 19.13% | 1.66% |
| ACRES Commercial Realty | 35.16% | 4.74% | 1.16% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for AGNC Investment and ACRES Commercial Realty, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| AGNC Investment | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2.36 |
| ACRES Commercial Realty | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
Volatility & Risk
AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACRES Commercial Realty has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of ACRES Commercial Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of ACRES Commercial Realty shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares AGNC Investment and ACRES Commercial Realty”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| AGNC Investment | $3.52 billion | 3.47 | $863.00 million | $1.40 | 8.14 |
| ACRES Commercial Realty | $83.49 million | 1.68 | $29.27 million | $0.96 | 20.03 |
AGNC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than ACRES Commercial Realty. AGNC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACRES Commercial Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AGNC Investment beats ACRES Commercial Realty on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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).
About ACRES Commercial Realty
ACRES Commercial Realty Corp., a real estate investment trust (REIT), focuses on the origination, holding, and management of commercial real estate mortgage loans and equity investments in commercial real estate property in the United States. It invests in commercial real estate-related assets, including floating-rate first mortgage loans, first priority interests in first mortgage loans, subordinated interests in first mortgage loans, mezzanine financing, preferred equity investments, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was formerly known as Exantas Capital Corp. and changed its name to ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. in February 2021. ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Uniondale, New York.
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