Aubrey Capital Management Ltd Has $1.01 Million Position in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC)

Aubrey Capital Management Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Free Report) by 44.4% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 106,100 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after acquiring an additional 32,600 shares during the quarter. Aubrey Capital Management Ltd's holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $1,011,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Yousif Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in AGNC Investment by 4.8% in the 4th quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 33,854 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $312,000 after purchasing an additional 1,551 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. boosted its stake in AGNC Investment by 13.9% in the 4th quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. now owns 34,144 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $314,000 after purchasing an additional 4,175 shares during the period. Choreo LLC boosted its stake in AGNC Investment by 6.8% in the 4th quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 44,990 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $417,000 after purchasing an additional 2,847 shares during the period. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC boosted its stake in AGNC Investment by 775.6% in the 4th quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 581,569 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $54,000 after purchasing an additional 515,148 shares during the period. Finally, Stephens Inc. AR boosted its stake in AGNC Investment by 7.8% in the 4th quarter. Stephens Inc. AR now owns 41,009 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $378,000 after purchasing an additional 2,954 shares during the period. 38.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at AGNC Investment

In other news, EVP Bernice Bell sold 8,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.88, for a total transaction of $71,040.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 374,019 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,321,288.72. The trade was a 2.09% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Donna Blank sold 17,218 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.67, for a total value of $149,280.06. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 90,345 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $783,291.15. The trade was a 16.01% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 139,384 shares of company stock valued at $1,228,039. Corporate insiders own 0.42% of the company's stock.

AGNC Investment Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AGNC traded up $0.03 during trading on Monday, reaching $9.33. 16,658,115 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 21,496,899. The company's 50 day moving average is $8.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $9.46. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.52 billion, a PE ratio of 9.62 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a quick ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 52 week low of $7.85 and a 52 week high of $10.85.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.44 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.03. AGNC Investment had a return on equity of 21.92% and a net margin of 29.26%. The company had revenue of $846.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $436.71 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.58 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.61 earnings per share for the current year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a jun 25 dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 10th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 30th will be issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 30th. This represents a dividend yield of 15.5%. AGNC Investment's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 360.00%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently issued reports on AGNC shares. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price target on AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 29th. Jones Trading reduced their price target on AGNC Investment from $10.25 to $9.50 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on AGNC Investment from $9.50 to $8.50 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. Argus reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a research report on Tuesday, April 29th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded AGNC Investment from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $9.75.

AGNC Investment 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).