AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) Shares Up 0.1%

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) shares rose 0.1% during mid-day trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as $9.22 and last traded at $9.16. Approximately 2,700,450 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 77% from the average daily volume of 11,612,148 shares. The stock had previously closed at $9.15.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently commented on the stock. StockNews.com raised shares of AGNC Investment from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 12th. Compass Point initiated coverage on AGNC Investment in a research note on Tuesday, February 20th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $10.25 price target on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price objective on AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 25th. JMP Securities reaffirmed a "market perform" rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on shares of AGNC Investment from $8.00 to $9.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Monday, January 22nd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, AGNC Investment has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $9.93.

AGNC Investment Stock Up 0.5 %

The business has a fifty day moving average of $9.56 and a 200 day moving average of $9.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 0.26 and a quick ratio of 0.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 918.92 and a beta of 1.45.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April 22nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.55 by $0.03. AGNC Investment had a return on equity of 28.02% and a net margin of 7.59%. The firm had revenue of $642.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $568.38 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.70 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 2.16 earnings per share for the current year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a apr 24 dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 9th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 30th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 29th. This represents a dividend yield of 15.4%. AGNC Investment's payout ratio is currently 14,414.41%.

Insider Activity at AGNC Investment

In other AGNC Investment news, CFO Bernice Bell sold 10,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.85, for a total transaction of $98,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 287,282 shares in the company, valued at $2,829,727.70. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.43% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 10.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 63,366,808 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $621,628,000 after acquiring an additional 6,019,268 shares in the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its holdings in AGNC Investment by 4.3% during the 1st quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 8,015,707 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $79,355,000 after purchasing an additional 332,709 shares during the period. Clearbridge Investments LLC raised its position in AGNC Investment by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 7,380,614 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $72,404,000 after purchasing an additional 79,316 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of AGNC Investment in the 4th quarter valued at about $69,215,000. Finally, Equity Investment Corp grew its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 3.8% during the third quarter. Equity Investment Corp now owns 6,343,975 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $59,887,000 after buying an additional 230,265 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 38.28% of the company's stock.

AGNC Investment Company 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).