AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) Stock Price Up 0.4% - What's Next?

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) traded up 0.4% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $9.07 and last traded at $9.04. 7,187,444 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 64% from the average session volume of 19,818,947 shares. The stock had previously closed at $9.00.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have issued reports on AGNC shares. Argus reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a report on Tuesday, April 29th. Jones Trading lowered their price objective on shares of AGNC Investment from $10.25 to $9.50 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. JMP Securities reiterated a "market perform" rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on shares of AGNC Investment from $9.50 to $8.50 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 16th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on shares of AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, AGNC Investment has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $9.96.

AGNC Investment Stock Up 0.7%

The business's 50 day simple moving average is $9.16 and its 200-day simple moving average is $9.54. The company has a market cap of $9.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.30 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a current ratio of 0.23.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.03. AGNC Investment had a net margin of 29.26% and a return on equity of 21.92%. The business had revenue of $846.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $436.71 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.58 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.61 earnings per share for the current year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a may 25 dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 10th. Investors of record on Friday, May 30th will be paid a $0.12 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 16.2%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 30th. AGNC Investment's payout ratio is presently 360.00%.

Insider Activity at AGNC Investment

In other news, EVP Bernice Bell sold 8,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.88, for a total transaction of $71,040.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 374,019 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,321,288.72. The trade was a 2.09% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Peter J. Federico sold 48,333 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.70, for a total transaction of $420,497.10. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 1,691,421 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,715,362.70. The trade was a 2.78% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 139,384 shares of company stock valued at $1,228,039. Insiders own 0.42% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Fourth Dimension Wealth LLC bought a new stake in AGNC Investment in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in AGNC Investment in the first quarter valued at about $28,000. Financial Life Planners bought a new stake in AGNC Investment in the fourth quarter valued at about $28,000. Larson Financial Group LLC increased its stake in AGNC Investment by 326.3% in the first quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 3,291 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 2,519 shares during the period. Finally, National Bank of Canada FI increased its stake in AGNC Investment by 112.7% in the fourth quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 3,458 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 1,832 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 38.28% of the company's stock.

About AGNC Investment

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).