Comparing AG Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:MITT) & AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNCZ)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for AG Mortgage Investment Trust and AGNC Investment, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AG Mortgage Investment Trust	0	3	5	0	2.63
AGNC Investment	0	0	0	0	0.00

AG Mortgage Investment Trust presently has a consensus target price of $9.17, suggesting a potential upside of 23.42%. Given AG Mortgage Investment Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe AG Mortgage Investment Trust is more favorable than AGNC Investment.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

27.3% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are owned by company 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 AG Mortgage Investment Trust and AGNC Investment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AG Mortgage Investment Trust	6.71%	15.02%	0.59%
AGNC Investment	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares AG Mortgage Investment Trust and AGNC Investment”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AG Mortgage Investment Trust	$480.33 million	0.49	$48.67 million	$0.40	18.57
AGNC Investment	$1.61 billion	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

AG Mortgage Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AGNC Investment.

Summary

AG Mortgage Investment Trust beats AGNC Investment on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AG Mortgage Investment Trust

AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. operates as a residential mortgage real estate investment trust in the United States. Its investment portfolio includes residential investments, including non-agency loans, agency-eligible loans, re-and non-performing loans, and non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities, as well as commercial loans 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. AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.