ARI vs AGNC vs LADR Stock Comparison

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, AGNC Investment and Ladder Capital Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AGNC AGNC Investment Corp.
$8.53 -3.0% 1M -15.1% 1Y
Market cap
$10.68B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.23B
Div. yield
–
Mortgage REITs Financial Services
3 wins
LADR Ladder Capital Corp
$9.10 +5.4% 1M -14.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.16B
P/E
11.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$72.65M
Div. yield
0.10%
Mortgage REITs Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 4, Ladder Capital 4, AGNC Investment 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARIAGNCLADRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $330.83M $10.68B $1.16B AGNC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 2.8x -140.6x 11.7x ARI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 5.8x 8.8x AGNC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -14.7% +111.0% -33.3% AGNC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 50.3% -6.2% 136.2% LADR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.6% — 5.6% ARI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 11.6x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.43% 0.00% 0.10% ARI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -75.1% -15.1% -14.1% LADR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -30.7%/yr -11.8%/yr -5.4%/yr LADR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 112.5% 22.6% 21.6% LADR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 62/100 49/100 42/100 ARI

Percentile Scorecard

ARIAGNCLADR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisARIAGNCLADR
Valuation 98 #4 of 168 45 #93 of 168 40 #101 of 168
Growth 30 #114 of 163 77 #38 of 163 46 #89 of 163
Profitability 56 #69 of 154 60 #63 of 154 65 #55 of 154
Financial Health 90 #17 of 162 – 22 #127 of 162
Shareholder Returns 34 #91 of 137 16 #115 of 137 40 #83 of 137
Overall 62 49 42
  • ARI ranked among 173 companies in Lending and Credit
  • AGNC ranked among 173 companies in Lending and Credit
  • LADR ranked among 173 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodARIAGNCLADRSPY
1 month -61.0%-3.0%+5.4% -2.0%
3 months -64.3%-19.8%-5.4% -2.2%
6 months -78.0%-20.4%-11.3% +4.2%
Year to date -75.0%-20.4%-17.2% +10.6%
1 year -75.1%-15.1%-14.1% +10.4%
3 years -77.4%+2.2%-14.5% +73.6%
3 years, per year -39.2%+0.7%-5.1% +20.2%
5 years -84.0%-46.7%-24.2% +61.6%
5 years, per year -30.7%-11.8%-5.4% +10.1%
10 years -85.6%-56.5%-28.7% +261.3%
10 years, per year -17.6%-8.0%-3.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureARIAGNCLADRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 112.5%22.6%21.6% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 158.8%23.8%22.2% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.750.720.34 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.67-0.67-0.65 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.2%-57.2%-32.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -78.4%-29.9%-20.3% -3.2%
52-week high $11.22$12.17$11.42 $779.14
52-week low $2.32$8.44$8.52 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleARIAGNCLADR
P/E now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 11.8x -134.7xmedian 11.8x 11.4xmedian 11.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 2.7x 8.7xmedian 2.7x 15.8xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -1.9xmedian 13.1x —median 13.1x 14.6xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.5xmedian 6.0x 9.5xmedian 6.0x 14.6xmedian 6.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.7x 0.9xmedian 0.7x 0.8xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median -2.82median 0.33 4.44median 0.33 -1.02median 0.33

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsARIAGNCLADR
Revenue $237.89M $1.23B $72.65M
Net income $132.00M $103.00M $98.91M
Free cash flow $21.41M $1.14B $78.51M
EPS (diluted) $0.91 $-0.06 $0.79
Cash & equivalents $1.24B $468.00M $41.78M
Total debt – – $4.35B
Shares (diluted) 131.60M 1.20B 124.89M
Enterprise value -$1.42B $8.82B $1.01B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricARIAGNCLADR
P/E 2.6x -134.7x 11.4x
P/FCF 14.5x 9.5x 14.6x
P/Operating cash flow 3.6x 9.5x 13.1x
P/S 1.3x 8.7x 15.8x
P/B 0.2x 0.9x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 0.2x 0.9x 0.8x
EV/EBITDA -1.9x – 14.6x
EV/EBIT -1.8x – 16.7x
EV/Revenue -3.9x 8.4x 75.0x
EV/FCF -43.4x 9.1x 69.4x
EV/Operating cash flow -10.7x 9.1x 62.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.82 4.44 -1.02

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARIAGNCLADR
Revenue growth (1Y) -14.7% 111.0% -33.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -11.5% 102.6% -22.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) 3,268% -87.7% 24.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.0% -30.3% -14.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 806.5% -109.7% 25.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -0.9% -30.4% -11.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -56.7% 88.2% 574.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -35.9% 445.6% -20.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -58.2% 88.2% 455.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -56.8% 445.6% -23.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARIAGNCLADR
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 206.3% – 512.5%
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin 55.6% – 140.9%
Net margin 50.3% -6.2% 136.2%
FCF margin 9.0% 92.3% 108.1%
Operating cash flow margin 36.3% 92.3% 120.7%
Return on equity 8.6% – 6.8%
Return on assets 2.2% – 1.7%
Return on invested capital 10.6% – 5.6%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.7x 11.0x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 1.7% 33.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARIAGNCLADR
Debt / assets – – 71.9%
Debt / equity – – 3.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 11.6x
Debt / FCF – – 55.4x
Liabilities / assets 41.3% 91.3% 75.8%
Equity / assets 58.7% 8.7% 24.2%
Interest coverage 1.3x – 1.5x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARIAGNCLADR
Dividend yield 320.2% 16.9% 10.1%
Net buyback yield 39.8% -17.8% 2.7%
Shareholder yield 360.1% -0.9% 12.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 106.8% – 118.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) 658.4% – 148.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) -9.2% – -0.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -11.2% – 0.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusARIAGNCLADR
Forward P/E – 5.8xFY2026 8.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-2.22FY2026 $1.47FY2026 $1.03FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -311.4%FY2026 -2.0%FY2026 +22.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +0.7% +10.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $146.72MFY2026 $4.11BFY2026 $287.80MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -46.0%FY2026 +16.7%FY2026 +33.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -15.9% +13.2% -10.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARIAGNCLADR
Held by institutions 61.8% 40.8% 63.6%
Institutions holding 283 701 221
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.8% +11.2% +4.9%
Institutions buying 145 417 118
Institutions selling 83 177 62
Buyers to sellers 1.75 2.36 1.90

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ARIAGNCLADR
ARI 1.00 0.19 0.12
AGNC 0.19 1.00 0.55
LADR 0.12 0.55 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ARI, AGNC and LADR?

AGNC Investment (AGNC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) $330.83M, AGNC Investment (AGNC) $10.68B, Ladder Capital (LADR) $1.16B.

Which stock is cheaper, ARI, AGNC and LADR?

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) 2.8x, AGNC Investment (AGNC) -140.6x, Ladder Capital (LADR) 11.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, AGNC Investment (AGNC) is cheapest (AGNC Investment (AGNC) 5.8x, Ladder Capital (LADR) 8.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

AGNC Investment (AGNC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) -14.7%, AGNC Investment (AGNC) +111.0%, Ladder Capital (LADR) -33.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ladder Capital (LADR) has the highest net margin (Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) 50.3%, AGNC Investment (AGNC) -6.2%, Ladder Capital (LADR) 136.2%). On return on invested capital, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) leads (Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) 10.6%, Ladder Capital (LADR) 5.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ladder Capital (LADR) returned the most: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) -75.1%, AGNC Investment (AGNC) -15.1%, Ladder Capital (LADR) -14.1%. Over five years, Ladder Capital (LADR) compounded fastest (Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) -30.7%/yr, AGNC Investment (AGNC) -11.8%/yr, Ladder Capital (LADR) -5.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) has the highest dividend yield: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) 0.43%, AGNC Investment (AGNC) 0.00%, Ladder Capital (LADR) 0.10%. AGNC Investment (AGNC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ladder Capital (LADR) has been the steadiest (Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) 112.5%, AGNC Investment (AGNC) 22.6%, Ladder Capital (LADR) 21.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ARI, AGNC and LADR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.