Franklin BSP Realty Trust (NYSE:FBRT) & AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNCZ) Financial Survey

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Franklin BSP Realty Trust and AGNC Investment, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Franklin BSP Realty Trust	0	2	2	0	2.50
AGNC Investment	0	0	0	0	0.00

Franklin BSP Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 53.53%. Given Franklin BSP Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Franklin BSP Realty Trust is more favorable than AGNC Investment.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

59.9% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franklin BSP Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Franklin BSP Realty Trust and AGNC Investment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Franklin BSP Realty Trust	31.03%	7.22%	1.55%
AGNC Investment	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Franklin BSP Realty Trust and AGNC Investment”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Franklin BSP Realty Trust	$270.07 million	2.64	$82.27 million	$0.64	13.74
AGNC Investment	$1.80 billion	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Franklin BSP Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AGNC Investment.

Summary

Franklin BSP Realty Trust beats AGNC Investment on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Franklin BSP Realty Trust

Benefit Street Partners operates as a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). BSP earns income from investing in a leveraged portfolio of residential mortgage pass-through securities consisting almost exclusively of adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) securities issued and guaranteed by government-sponsored enterprises, either Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (together, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)), or by an agency of the federal government, Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae). BSP’s investment strategy focuses on managing a portfolio of residential mortgage investments consisting almost exclusively of ARM Agency Securities. As of December 31, 2012, the Company’s securities consisted of Agency Securities classified as available-for-sale and Residential mortgage securities classified as held-to-maturity.