AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) vs. Selectis Health (OTCMKTS:GBCS) Head-To-Head Contrast

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) and Selectis Health (OTCMKTS:GBCS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Dividends

AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Selectis Health pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. AGNC Investment pays out 158.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Selectis Health pays out -3.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGNC Investment	32.12%	27.14%	2.54%
Selectis Health	-24.65%	-651.76%	-21.33%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares AGNC Investment and Selectis Health’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	$847.00 million	8.38	$155.00 million	$0.91	10.73
Selectis Health	$36.78 million	0.13	-$3.97 million	($1.30)	-1.15

AGNC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Selectis Health. Selectis Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AGNC Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for AGNC Investment and Selectis Health, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AGNC Investment	0	3	5	0	2.63
Selectis Health	0	0	0	0	N/A

AGNC Investment presently has a consensus target price of $9.88, indicating a potential upside of 1.18%. Given AGNC Investment’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe AGNC Investment is more favorable than Selectis Health.

Volatility & Risk

AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Selectis Health has a beta of -0.26, suggesting that its share price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Selectis Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

AGNC Investment beats Selectis Health on 13 of the 15 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 Selectis Health

Selectis Health owns and/or operates healthcare facilities in Arkansas, Georgia, Ohio, and Oklahoma, providing a wide array of living services, speech, occupational, physical therapies, social services, and other rehabilitation and healthcare services. Selectis focuses on building strategic relationships with local communities in which its partnership can improve the quality of care for facility residents. With its focused growth strategy, Selectis intends to deepen its American Southcentral and Southeastern market presence to better serve the aging population along a full continuum of care.