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AGM vs BTZ
Side-by-side comparison of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (AGM) and BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both AGM and BTZ operate in Finance Companies (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- AGM is the larger of the two at $2.26B, about 2.2x BTZ ($1.01B).
- BTZ has been more active in the news (8 items in the past 4 weeks vs 7 for AGM).
- AGM has more recent analyst coverage (6 ratings vs 0 for BTZ).
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation provides a secondary market for various loans made to borrowers in the United States. It operates through four segments: Farm & Ranch, USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) Guarantees, Rural Utilities, and Institutional Credit. The Farm & Ranch segment purchases and retains eligible mortgage loans that are secured by first liens on agricultural real estate; securitizes eligible mortgage loans, and guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest on securities representing interests in or obligations secured by pools of mortgage loans; and issues long-term standby purchase commitments (LTSPC) on designated eligible mortgage loans. The USDA Guarantees segment purchases portions of certain agricultural and rural development loans guaranteed by the USDA. The Rural Utilities segment purchases and guarantees securities that are backed by loans for electric or telecommunications facilities by lenders organized as cooperatives to borrowers; and purchases eligible rural utilities loans and guarantees of securities backed by those loans, as well as LTSPCs for pools of eligible rural utilities loans. The Institutional Credit segment guarantees and purchases general obligations of lenders and other financial institutions that are secured by pools of loans eligible under the Farmer Mac's Farm & Ranch, USDA Guarantees, or Rural Utilities lines of business. Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust is a closed ended balanced mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is co-managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC and BlackRock (Singapore) Limited. It invests in the fixed income markets across the globe. For the fixed income portion of the portfolio, the fund primarily invests in securities with an average credit quality of BBB by Standard & Poor's Corporation. It invests in investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives. The fund was formerly known as BlackRock Preferred & Equity Advantage Trust. BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust was formed on December 27, 2006 and is domiciled in the United States.
Latest AGM
- Director Gales Amy H was granted 97 units of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 6,177 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Logan Lyle was granted 84 units of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock, increasing direct ownership by 19% to 516 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Sexton Robert G was granted 40 units of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock, increasing direct ownership by 0.28% to 14,308 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Junkins Lowell was granted 7 units of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock, increasing direct ownership by 0.06% to 10,941 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Ware Todd P was granted 20 units of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock, increasing direct ownership by 0.44% to 4,515 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Engebretsen James R was granted 83 units of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock, increasing direct ownership by 0.49% to 16,928 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Mckissack Eric T was granted 20 units of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock, increasing direct ownership by 0.69% to 2,915 units (SEC Form 4)
- New insider Pasdar Nader claimed no ownership of stock in the company (SEC Form 3)
- New insider Maines Robert J claimed ownership of 3,966 units of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock (SEC Form 3)
- New insider Willie Kerry T claimed ownership of 3,663 units of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock (SEC Form 3)
Latest BTZ
- SEC Form 4 filed by BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
- SEC Form 4 filed by BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
- SEC Form 4 filed by BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
- SEC Form 4 filed by BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
- SEC Form 4 filed by BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
- SEC Form 4 filed by BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Mahoney Francis C.
- Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds
- SEC Form N-CSRS filed by BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust