Better Dividend Stock: Federal Realty vs. AGNC Investment
If you are a dividend investor, then a stock's dividend yield is of high importance to you. The higher the yield, the better, of course, but that is only assuming that risk is kept constant.
If risk rises along with yield, there is a very clear trade-off that has to be addressed. This is exactly the balancing act that dividend investors have to consider when looking at ultra-high-yield AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC) and a fellow real estate investment trust (REIT) like Federal Realty (NYSE: FRT).
AGNC Investment has a dividend yield of more than 15%. That's huge by just about any standard and is multiples of the 3.9% yield that Federal Realty is offering shareholders.
Source Fool.com
