Barclays PLC Sells 540,305 Shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC)

Barclays PLC trimmed its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Free Report) by 36.6% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 936,716 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 540,305 shares during the period. Barclays PLC owned approximately 0.15% of AGNC Investment worth $8,843,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AGNC. SVB Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 2.3% during the 2nd quarter. SVB Wealth LLC now owns 42,396 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $469,000 after purchasing an additional 959 shares in the last quarter. Private Trust Co. NA lifted its stake in AGNC Investment by 49.4% in the second quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 3,025 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 1,000 shares during the last quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in AGNC Investment by 9.8% in the 4th quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC now owns 11,791 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $122,000 after purchasing an additional 1,049 shares during the last quarter. Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in AGNC Investment by 3.5% during the third quarter. Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 33,907 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $303,000 after buying an additional 1,149 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina lifted its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 0.5% in the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 250,568 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $2,538,000 after buying an additional 1,150 shares during the last quarter. 38.86% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at AGNC Investment

In other AGNC Investment news, CFO Bernice Bell sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.85, for a total transaction of $98,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 287,282 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,829,727.70. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have commented on AGNC. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price objective on shares of AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 25th. Barclays increased their target price on AGNC Investment from $8.00 to $9.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Monday, January 22nd. UBS Group restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $9.00 price target on shares of AGNC Investment in a research note on Wednesday, December 6th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price objective on AGNC Investment from $8.50 to $10.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 13th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of AGNC Investment from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 31st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $9.92.

AGNC Investment Trading Down 1.7 %

Shares of AGNC Investment stock opened at $9.32 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 0.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 12-month low of $6.81 and a 12-month high of $11.96. The company has a market capitalization of $6.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 932.93 and a beta of 1.45. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $9.62 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $9.35.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.11. AGNC Investment had a net margin of 7.59% and a return on equity of 28.65%. The business had revenue of $640.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $570.42 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.74 earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 2.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a jan 24 dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 31st will be issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 30th. This represents a dividend yield of 14.3%. AGNC Investment's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 14,414.41%.

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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