AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) Shares Bought by Barclays PLC

Barclays PLC raised its position in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Free Report) by 75.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,477,021 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after acquiring an additional 633,425 shares during the quarter. Barclays PLC owned approximately 0.24% of AGNC Investment worth $14,962,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 48,875,957 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $411,535,000 after buying an additional 536,286 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. boosted its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 1.6% in the 1st quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 33,303,058 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $335,695,000 after buying an additional 523,955 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 2.7% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 15,338,384 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $157,098,000 after buying an additional 402,771 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 4.0% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 8,773,217 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $88,873,000 after buying an additional 334,930 shares during the period. Finally, Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich purchased a new position in shares of AGNC Investment in the 2nd quarter valued at about $79,549,000. 38.86% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Barclays assumed coverage on AGNC Investment in a research note on Wednesday, November 15th. They issued an "equal weight" rating and a $8.00 price objective for the company. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their target price on AGNC Investment from $8.50 to $10.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 13th. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their target price on AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $9.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, November 3rd. StockNews.com upgraded AGNC Investment from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 5th. Finally, UBS Group restated a "neutral" rating and set a $9.00 target price on shares of AGNC Investment in a research note on Wednesday, December 6th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, AGNC Investment has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $9.93.

AGNC Investment Trading Down 1.5 %

NASDAQ:AGNC opened at $9.73 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $6.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.30 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a current ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $8.57 and its 200-day simple moving average is $9.41. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 12-month low of $6.81 and a 12-month high of $12.25.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 31st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.54 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $593.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $310.17 million. AGNC Investment had a return on equity of 28.72% and a net margin of 17.39%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.84 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 2.52 EPS for the current year.

AGNC Investment Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a dec 23 dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 29th will be issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 14.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 28th. AGNC Investment's payout ratio is currently 389.19%.

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).

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