U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC Boosts Holdings in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC)

U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Free Report) by 24.0% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 142,229 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after acquiring an additional 27,540 shares during the period. U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC's holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $1,363,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment by 14.1% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 83,316,872 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $767,348,000 after purchasing an additional 10,316,999 shares during the period. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. lifted its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment by 18.0% during the first quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 16,996,741 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $162,828,000 after purchasing an additional 2,589,020 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment by 18.8% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 14,614,721 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $134,645,000 after purchasing an additional 2,311,105 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in AGNC Investment in the fourth quarter valued at $87,269,000. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 8.6% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 7,349,657 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $67,690,000 after purchasing an additional 581,352 shares in the last quarter. 38.28% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Peter J. Federico sold 48,333 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.88, for a total value of $429,197.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,643,088 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $14,590,621.44. The trade was a 2.86% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Donna Blank sold 17,218 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.67, for a total transaction of $149,280.06. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 90,345 shares of the company's stock, valued at $783,291.15. The trade was a 16.01% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 139,384 shares of company stock worth $1,228,039. Company insiders own 0.42% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have commented on AGNC. Jones Trading decreased their target price 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. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of AGNC Investment from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their target price on shares of AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 29th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price 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. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their target price on shares of AGNC Investment from $9.50 to $10.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $9.79.

AGNC Investment Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AGNC traded down $0.05 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $9.40. 15,623,519 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 22,218,955. The stock has a market cap of $9.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.50 and a beta of 1.28. The company has a current ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 0.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. AGNC Investment Corp. has a twelve month low of $7.85 and a twelve month high of $10.85. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $9.14 and a 200-day moving average price of $9.43.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $846.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $436.71 million. AGNC Investment had a return on equity of 20.36% and a net margin of 14.91%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.58 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.61 earnings per share for the current year.

AGNC Investment Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a jul 25 dividend, which will be paid on Monday, August 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 31st will be paid a $0.12 dividend. This represents a yield of 15.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 31st. AGNC Investment's payout ratio is 360.00%.

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).