AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) Shares Sold by Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp

Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp lowered its stake in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Free Report) by 40.1% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 108,918 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 72,826 shares during the period. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp's holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $1,043,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of AGNC. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in 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 valued at $767,348,000 after buying an additional 10,316,999 shares in the last quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. raised 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 valued at $162,828,000 after acquiring an additional 2,589,020 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 18.8% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 14,614,721 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $134,645,000 after acquiring an additional 2,311,105 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in AGNC Investment in the 4th quarter worth approximately $87,269,000. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in AGNC Investment by 8.6% in 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 during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 38.28% of the company's stock.

AGNC Investment Price Performance

Shares of AGNC Investment stock opened at $9.31 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 0.28 and a quick ratio of 0.28. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $8.95 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $9.45. AGNC Investment Corp. has a fifty-two week low of $7.85 and a fifty-two week high of $10.85. The company has a market cap of $9.50 billion, a PE ratio of 23.28 and a beta of 1.29.

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 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $846.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $436.71 million. AGNC Investment had a net margin of 14.91% and a return on equity of 20.36%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.58 earnings per share. Analysts expect that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.61 EPS for the current year.

AGNC Investment Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a jun 25 dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 10th. Investors of record on Monday, June 30th will be paid a $0.12 dividend. This represents a yield of 15.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 30th. AGNC Investment's dividend payout ratio is 360.00%.

Insider Transactions at AGNC Investment

In other AGNC Investment news, Director Donna Blank sold 17,218 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.67, for a total value of $149,280.06. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 90,345 shares in the company, valued at approximately $783,291.15. This trade represents a 16.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Bernice Bell sold 8,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred 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 $3,321,288.72. This trade represents a 2.09% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 139,384 shares of company stock valued at $1,228,039. 0.42% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on AGNC shares. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of AGNC Investment from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 6th. Argus reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a research report on Tuesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on shares of AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 29th. Finally, Jones Trading cut their price objective on AGNC Investment from $10.25 to $9.50 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. 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 company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus 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).

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