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Dynex Capital, Inc.DXCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Real Estate›Real Estate Investment Trusts

Mortgage REIT investing in agency mortgage-backed securities using leverage to earn the spread.

Momentum weak 30
Mkt cap
$2.77B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
99%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$75.6M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
6.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 5.9%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
87 days
1 Feb 2027
Close · USD$10.68
1D-0.7%
1W+0.3%
1M-0.2%
3M-16.4%
6M-20.4%
YTD-23.8%
1Y-20.5%
ATR %3.0%
Beta0.57
52w lowhigh28.5% off high

What Dynex Capital does

Mortgage REIT investing in agency mortgage-backed securities using leverage to earn the spread.

Earns the gap between what its agency mortgage bonds yield, which carry a government-linked guarantee against borrower default, and what it pays on short-term repurchase borrowing that funds most of the portfolio. Interest-rate hedges steady that gap. As a REIT it must pay out most taxable income, and it is managed in-house rather than by an outside adviser.

Products and services

  • Agency mortgage-backed securities
  • Interest-rate hedging instruments

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Mortgage REIT (mREIT)
  • Agency MBS portfolio investment
  • Leveraged fixed-income spread strategy

What could go right

  • Wider mortgage-Treasury spreads improving book value
  • Fed rate cuts stabilizing funding costs

What could go wrong

  • High leverage amplifies interest-rate/spread volatility
  • Book-value sensitivity to rate moves

Moat: none. A leveraged fixed-income spread business with no structural moat; returns depend on rates and spread management.

Headquarters: Glen Allen, Virginia, US · Founded: 1987 · Employees: 28

Named competitors

Dynex Capital at a glance

Size Dynex Capital (DX) is a United States Real Estate company (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with a market value of $2.77B, the 1593rd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $10.68 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 20.4%, against -3.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 142.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.5%); the operating margin is 65.1% (peer median 42.3%).

Valuation It trades at 6.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.5× (cheapest of 21).

Credit Dynex Capital has 1 bond outstanding ($0).

Short interest Short interest is 6.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 1 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 97DX 80
Six months, rebased to 100: Dynex Capital against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Dynex Capital financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.08B$534M$318M$133M-$2.37M
Revenue growth—+68%+140%——
Gross profit$1.08B$534M$318M$133M-$2.37M
EBITDA$702M$738M$428M$209M$187M
Net income-$49.7M$319M$114M-$6.13M$143M
Free cash flow$250M$121M$14.4M$62.2M$126M
Capital expenditure$0$0$0$0$0
Total debt$24.2B$13.9B$6.56B$5.38B$2.64B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Dynex Capital competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%0%+5%+10%BUOUHMSOAKRDLNDRH8963DIR-UNUEFCPTHMN8960LTC8954BYGCRT-UNIVT89858984PK3269DX6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Dynex Capital is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%20×40×60×BUOUHMSOAKRDLNDRH8963DIR-UNUELTC8954CRT-UNIVT89858984PKDXRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Dynex Capital is the large dot.

Dynex Capital competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (DX vs AGNC vs NLY vs ARR)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Dynex Capital DX$2.77B-20%+142%65%6.6×n/a
AGNC Investment AGNC$11.2B-19%+152%35%6.1×n/a
Annaly Capital Management NLY$14.8B-17%+23%77%6.0×n/a
ARMOUR Residential REIT ARR$1.87B-29%-140%n/a4.5×n/a

How Dynex Capital compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Dynex Capital against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureDXPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-0.2%+5.8%4th lowest of 21
6-month return-20.4%-3.4%lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-28.5%-13.5%lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+142.2%+5.5%highest of 21
Operating margin65.1%42.3%4th highest of 21
Forward P/E6.6×19.5×cheapest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Dynex Capital DXUnited States$2.77B-20%+142%65%6.6×n/an/a
Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust BUOU.SISingapore$2.76B-6%0%64%18.1×n/an/a
Hammerson HMSO.LUnited Kingdom$2.80B+13%+92%49%15.2×n/an/a
Acadia Realty Trust AKRUnited States$2.74B-9%0%19%65.9×n/an/a
Derwent London DLN.LUnited Kingdom$2.87B+15%+45%40%20.0×n/an/a
DiamondRock Hospitality DRHUnited States$2.88B+30%+2%17%21.5×n/an/a
Invincible Investment 8963.TJapan$2.94B-1%+10%57%15.3×n/an/a
Dream Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust DIR-UN.TOCanada$2.58B-8%+6%70%15.0×n/an/a
Urban Edge Properties UEUnited States$2.58B-6%+6%31%41.4×n/an/a
Four Corners Property Trust FCPTUnited States$2.57B-7%+10%56%21.4×n/an/a
CapitaLand Ascott Trust HMN.SISingapore$2.55B-6%+5%34%18.9×n/an/a
United Urban Investment 8960.TJapan$3.04B-15%-2%36%16.7×n/an/a
LTC Properties LTCUnited States$2.52B+14%+69%31%22.6×n/an/a
ORIX JREIT 8954.TJapan$3.06B-12%+35%51%18.1×n/an/a
Big Yellow BYG.LUnited Kingdom$2.50B+11%+2%62%16.5×n/an/a
CT Real Estate Investment Trust CRT-UN.TOCanada$3.11B+3%+5%75%12.0×n/an/a
InvenTrust Properties IVTUnited States$2.46B+1%+13%16%393.9×n/an/a
Japan Hotel Reit Investment 8985.TJapan$3.14B+7%+15%67%9.4×n/an/a
Daiwa House REIT Investment 8984.TJapan$3.15B-13%-9%40%20.5×n/an/a
Park Hotels & Resorts PKUnited States$3.17B+39%-1%12%29.1×n/an/a
Advance Residence Investment 3269.TJapan$2.42B-18%-4%45%22.7×n/an/a

Dynex Capital bonds and credit

Dynex Capital has 1 bond outstanding with $0 face value.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Dynex Capital's main competitors?
Named competitors: AGNC Investment Corp (AGNC), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust (BUOU.SI), Hammerson (HMSO.L), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Derwent London (DLN.L), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Invincible Investment (8963.T).
Is Dynex Capital expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 6.6× against a peer median of 19.5×, cheapest of 21 in its peer set.
How has Dynex Capital stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -20.4% against -3.4% for the median peer; over one year -20.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.