Financial Contrast: CV (OTCMKTS:CVHL) vs. AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC)

CV (OTCMKTS:CVHL) and AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of CV shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

CV has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CV	N/A	N/A	N/A
AGNC Investment	47.40%	19.13%	1.66%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for CV and AGNC Investment, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CV	0	0	0	0	0.00
AGNC Investment	0	7	4	0	2.36

AGNC Investment has a consensus price target of $11.03, indicating a potential downside of 2.89%. Given AGNC Investment’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AGNC Investment is more favorable than CV.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CV and AGNC Investment”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CV	$25.67 million	N/A	-$18.15 million	N/A	N/A
AGNC Investment	$3.52 billion	3.46	$1.67 billion	$1.40	8.11

AGNC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than CV.

Summary

AGNC Investment beats CV on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CV

CV Holdings, Inc. operates as a specialty finance company. It owns finance platforms across various businesses, including small-ticket equipment financing and commercial real estate bridge lending. CV Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Newport Beach, California.

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).