Comparing CV (OTCMKTS:CVHL) and AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC)

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

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for AGNC Investment and CV, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

AGNC Investment currently has a consensus price target of $11.03, suggesting a potential downside of 2.46%. Given AGNC Investment’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe AGNC Investment is more favorable than CV.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AGNC Investment	$3.52 billion	3.44	$1.67 billion	$1.40	8.08
CV	$25.67 million	N/A	-$18.15 million	N/A	N/A

AGNC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than CV.

Volatility & Risk

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

Summary

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

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).

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.