AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNCZ) and DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) Critical Comparison

DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) and AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNCZ) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares DigitalBridge Group and AGNC Investment”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DigitalBridge Group	$86.09 million	32.69	$70.52 million	$0.06	256.75
AGNC Investment	$1.80 billion	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

DigitalBridge Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AGNC Investment.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for DigitalBridge Group and AGNC Investment, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DigitalBridge Group	2	6	2	0	2.00
AGNC Investment	0	0	0	0	0.00

DigitalBridge Group presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.86%. Given DigitalBridge Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than AGNC Investment.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares DigitalBridge Group and AGNC Investment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DigitalBridge Group	N/A	4.78%	2.29%
AGNC Investment	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

DigitalBridge Group beats AGNC Investment on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DigitalBridge Group

DigitalBridge is an infrastructure investment firm specializing in digital infrastructure assets. They provide services to institutional investors. They primarily invest in data centers, cell towers, fiber networks, small cells, and edge infrastructure. DigitalBridge Group, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida with additional offices in Los Angles, California, and New York New York.