AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) vs. American Strategic Investment (NYSE:NYC) Head to Head Review

American Strategic Investment (NYSE:NYC) and AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for American Strategic Investment and AGNC Investment, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Strategic Investment	0	1	0	0	2.00
AGNC Investment	0	3	5	0	2.63

American Strategic Investment presently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.41%. AGNC Investment has a consensus target price of $9.88, suggesting a potential upside of 3.51%. Given AGNC Investment’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AGNC Investment is more favorable than American Strategic Investment.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

48.0% of American Strategic Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of American Strategic Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AGNC Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares American Strategic Investment and AGNC Investment’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Strategic Investment	$62.71 million	0.39	-$105.92 million	($44.41)	-0.22
AGNC Investment	$2.04 billion	3.40	$155.00 million	$0.91	10.48

AGNC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than American Strategic Investment. American Strategic Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AGNC Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

American Strategic Investment has a beta of 0.09, indicating that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Strategic Investment	-162.43%	-13.63%	-4.88%
AGNC Investment	32.12%	27.14%	2.54%

Summary

AGNC Investment beats American Strategic Investment on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About American Strategic Investment

American Strategic Investment Co. (NYSE: NYC) owns a portfolio of high-quality commercial real estate located within the five boroughs of New York City.

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).