Analyzing Federal Agricultural Mortgage (NYSE:AGM) & Upexi (NASDAQ:UPXI)

Federal Agricultural Mortgage (NYSE:AGM) and Upexi (NASDAQ:UPXI) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Federal Agricultural Mortgage and Upexi”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Federal Agricultural Mortgage	$410.30 million	5.68	$207.41 million	$18.31	11.73
Upexi	$25.00 million	4.13	-$246.07 million	($4.06)	-0.29

Federal Agricultural Mortgage has higher revenue and earnings than Upexi. Upexi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Agricultural Mortgage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Federal Agricultural Mortgage and Upexi’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Federal Agricultural Mortgage	29.98%	18.90%	0.63%
Upexi	-984.34%	-157.49%	-22.60%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Federal Agricultural Mortgage and Upexi, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Federal Agricultural Mortgage	0	2	1	0	2.33
Upexi	1	0	1	0	2.00

Federal Agricultural Mortgage currently has a consensus price target of $255.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.75%. Upexi has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 327.35%. Given Upexi’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Upexi is more favorable than Federal Agricultural Mortgage.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

68.0% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.7% of Upexi shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Upexi shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upexi has a beta of -0.26, indicating that its share price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Federal Agricultural Mortgage beats Upexi on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Federal Agricultural Mortgage

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation provides a secondary market for various loans made to borrowers in the United States. It operates through four segments: Corporate AgFinance, Farm & Ranch, Rural Utilities, and Renewable Energy. The company’s Agricultural Finance line of business engages in purchasing and retaining eligible loans and securities; guaranteeing the payment of principal and interest on securities that represent interests in or obligations secured by pools of eligible loans; servicing eligible loans; and issuing LTSPCs for eligible loans. Its Rural Infrastructure Finance line of business is involved in the purchase of rural utilities loans and renewable energy loans and guarantees of securities backed by loans, as well as LTSPCs for pools of eligible rural utilities loans; by loans for electric or telecommunications facilities by lenders organized as cooperatives to borrowers; and other financial institutions that are secured by pools of eligible loans. Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.

About Upexi

Upexi, Inc. manufactures and sells various branded products in the health, wellness, pet, beauty, and other markets. The company was formerly known as Grove, Inc. and changed its name to Upexi, Inc. in August 2022. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.