Comparing Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) and AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNCM)

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNCM) and Claros Mortgage Trust (NYSE:CMTG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

89.5% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Claros Mortgage Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares AGNC Investment and Claros Mortgage Trust”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AGNC Investment	$2.40 billion	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Claros Mortgage Trust	$187.83 million	1.29	-$489.07 million	($3.83)	-0.45

AGNC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Claros Mortgage Trust.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for AGNC Investment and Claros Mortgage Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AGNC Investment	0	0	0	0	0.00
Claros Mortgage Trust	3	1	0	0	1.25

Claros Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $2.22, indicating a potential upside of 29.25%. Given Claros Mortgage Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Claros Mortgage Trust is more favorable than AGNC Investment.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGNC Investment	N/A	N/A	N/A
Claros Mortgage Trust	-354.13%	-19.70%	-6.52%

About AGNC Investment

AGNC Investment Corp. provides private capital to housing market in the United States. It invests in residential mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by the United States government-sponsored enterprise or by the United States government agency. 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 formerly known as American Capital Agency Corp. and changed its name to AGNC Investment Corp. in September 2016. AGNC Investment Corp. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

About Claros Mortgage Trust

Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust. It focuses on originating senior and subordinate loans on transitional commercial real estate assets in the United States. The company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust. As a result, it would not be subject to corporate income tax on that portion of its net income that is distributed to shareholders. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York.