AGNC Investment (AGNC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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). Its agency securities include agency residential mortgage-backed securities (Agency RMBS) and to-be-announced forward contracts (TBAs). Its Non-Agency Securities include credit risk transfer securities (CRT), non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities (Non-Agency RMBS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $9.42 to $9.53
• 50-Day Range: $8.83 to $9.74
• 52-Week Range: $7.85 to $10.85
• Volume: 22.42 million shs
• Average Volume: 20.52 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $9.67 billion
• P/E Ratio: 27.88
• Dividend Yield: 15.19%
• Price Target: $9.58
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

AGNC Investment Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

AGNC Investment scored higher than 69% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 521st out of 919 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

AGNC Investment has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.63, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

AGNC Investment has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -2.48%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for AGNC Investment are expected to decrease by -2.48% in the coming year, from $1.61 to $1.57 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of AGNC Investment is 27.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of AGNC Investment is 27.88, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.74.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

AGNC Investment has a P/B Ratio of 1.03. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.91% of the outstanding shares of AGNC Investment have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AGNC Investment has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AGNC Investment has recently decreased by 14.48%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

AGNC Investment is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 15.27%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

AGNC Investment does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of AGNC Investment is 423.53%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, AGNC Investment will have a dividend payout ratio of 91.72% in the coming year. This indicates that AGNC Investment may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Environmental Score: -2.48

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.91% of the outstanding shares of AGNC Investment have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AGNC Investment has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AGNC Investment has recently decreased by 14.48%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.92

News Sentiment

AGNC Investment has a news sentiment score of 0.92. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.73 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for AGNC Investment this week, compared to 14 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

125 people have searched for AGNC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 1% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

33 people have added AGNC Investment to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 136% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, AGNC Investment insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $450,673.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.42% of the stock of AGNC Investment is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 38.28% of the stock of AGNC Investment is held by institutions.

AGNC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have AGNC shares performed this year?

AGNC Investment's stock was trading at $9.21 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, AGNC shares have increased by 2.9% and is now trading at $9.48.

How were AGNC Investment's earnings last quarter?

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) posted its earnings results on Monday, July, 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.38 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.04. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $830 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $447.37 million. AGNC Investment had a net margin of 11.50% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.63%.
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Who are AGNC Investment's major shareholders?

AGNC Investment's top institutional shareholders include Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC (4.55%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.77%), Beach Point Capital Management LP and Davidson Investment Advisors (0.37%). Insiders that own company stock include Gary D Kain, Peter J Federico, Kenneth L Pollack, Bernice Bell, Paul E Mullings, John D Fisk, Donna Blank, Frances Spark, Morris A Davis and Sean Reid.
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How do I buy shares of AGNC Investment?

Shares of AGNC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of AGNC Investment own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that AGNC Investment investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), AT&T (T), Energy Transfer (ET), Meta Platforms (META), Altria Group (MO) and Enterprise Products Partners (EPD).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/10 Dividend: 6/30/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/10 Dividend: 6/30/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/10/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/21/2025
• Record date for 8/11 Dividend: 7/31/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 8/11 Dividend: 7/31/2025
• Today: 8/01/2025
• Dividend Payable: 8/11/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/20/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: REIT - MTGE TRUST
• Sub-Industry: Mortgage REITs
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:AGNC
• CIK: 1423689
• Web: www.agnc.com
• Phone: 301-968-9315
• Fax: 301-968-9301
• Employees: 50
• Year Founded: 2008

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for AGNC Investment: $9.58
• High Price Target: $10.00
• Low Price Target: $8.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +1.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.63
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.34
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 27.88
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.89
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $863 million
• Net Margins: 11.50%
• Pretax Margin: 14.91%
• Return on Equity: 19.63%
• Return on Assets: 1.76%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.01
• Current Ratio: 0.28
• Quick Ratio: 0.28

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.95 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.28
• Cash Flow: $1.96 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.83
• Book Value: $9.18 per share
• Price / Book: 1.03

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,020,380,000
• Free Float: 1,016,089,000
• Market Cap: $9.67 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.28