Critical Contrast: AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNCZ) and AG Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:MITT)

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

Analyst Ratings

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

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

AG Mortgage Investment Trust has a consensus target price of $9.17, indicating a potential upside of 17.75%. Given AG Mortgage Investment Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AG Mortgage Investment Trust is more favorable than AGNC Investment.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AGNC Investment	$1.61 billion	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AG Mortgage Investment Trust	$480.33 million	0.52	$48.67 million	$0.40	19.46

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

Profitability

This table compares AGNC Investment and AG Mortgage Investment Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

27.3% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.