We will be contrasting the differences between Orchid Island Capital Inc. (NYSE:ORC) and AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCN) as far as dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and valuation are concerned. The two businesses are rivals in the REIT – Residential industry.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Orchid Island Capital Inc. | 6 | 0.00 | 62.85M | -0.33 | 0.00 |
| AGNC Investment Corp. | 26 | 0.00 | 538.14M | -1.59 | 0.00 |
Table 1 shows the gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation for Orchid Island Capital Inc. and AGNC Investment Corp.
Profitability
Table 2 has Orchid Island Capital Inc. and AGNC Investment Corp.’s return on assets, net margins and return on equity.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Orchid Island Capital Inc. | 1,104,569,420.04% | -12% | -1.2% |
| AGNC Investment Corp. | 2,074,556,669.24% | 0% | 0% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
The shares of both Orchid Island Capital Inc. and AGNC Investment Corp. are owned by institutional investors at 29.9% and 26.12% respectively. 0.3% are Orchid Island Capital Inc.’s share held by insiders.
Performance
Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| Orchid Island Capital Inc. | -8.7% | -2.67% | -5.64% | -11.44% | -23.49% | -3.13% |
| AGNC Investment Corp. | -1.22% | -0.69% | -0.39% | 0.86% | -0.54% | 2.14% |
For the past year Orchid Island Capital Inc. has -3.13% weaker performance while AGNC Investment Corp. has 2.14% stronger performance.
Summary
On 7 of the 8 factors AGNC Investment Corp. beats Orchid Island Capital Inc.
Orchid Island Capital, Inc., a specialty finance company, invests in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in the United States. The companyÂ’s RMBS are backed primarily by single-family residential mortgage loans, referred as Agency RMBS. Its portfolio includes traditional pass-through Agency RMBS; and structured Agency RMBS, including collateralized mortgage obligations, interest only securities, inverse interest only securities, and principal only 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 founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Vero Beach, Florida.
