AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) Announces Jan 25 Dividend of $0.12

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) declared a jan 25 dividend on Wednesday, January 8th,RTT News reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be given a dividend of 0.12 per share by the real estate investment trust on Tuesday, February 11th.

AGNC Investment has a payout ratio of 86.7% indicating that its dividend is currently covered by earnings, but may not be in the future if the company's earnings fall. Equities research analysts expect AGNC Investment to earn $1.60 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.44 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 90.0%.

AGNC Investment Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AGNC traded down $0.03 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $9.29. The company had a trading volume of 15,315,102 shares, compared to its average volume of 17,898,922. AGNC Investment has a twelve month low of $8.92 and a twelve month high of $10.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a current ratio of 0.23. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.23 billion, a PE ratio of 6.45 and a beta of 1.47. The firm's fifty day moving average is $9.51 and its 200 day moving average is $9.92.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.47 by ($0.04). AGNC Investment had a net margin of 42.19% and a return on equity of 23.41%. The firm had revenue of $756.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $219.50 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.65 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts forecast that AGNC Investment will post 1.94 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AGNC has been the topic of several research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of AGNC Investment from $10.00 to $9.50 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, December 9th. StockNews.com cut shares of AGNC Investment from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Saturday, October 19th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised AGNC Investment from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and upped their price target for the company from $10.00 to $12.00 in a report on Friday, September 20th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AGNC Investment currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $10.44.

AGNC Investment Company Profile

AGNC Investment Corp., formerly American Capital Agency Corp., is a real estate investment trust. The Company invests in agency residential mortgage-backed securities on a leveraged basis. Its investments consist of residential mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a government-sponsored enterprise, such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), or by the United States Government agency, such as the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) (collectively, GSEs).