AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) Shares Sold by Jupiter Asset Management Ltd.

Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. lowered its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Free Report) by 92.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 205,668 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 2,617,340 shares during the period. Jupiter Asset Management Ltd.'s holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $1,942,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AGNC. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. raised its stake in AGNC Investment by 50.5% during the 1st quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 46,983 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $615,000 after acquiring an additional 15,758 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE raised its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 68.9% in the 1st quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 29,371 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $385,000 after buying an additional 11,982 shares in the last quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of AGNC Investment in the 1st quarter worth $137,000. Yousif Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 5.2% in the 1st quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 36,096 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $473,000 after buying an additional 1,775 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. raised its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 2.3% in the 1st quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 517,988 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $6,757,000 after buying an additional 11,711 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 38.86% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Bernice Bell sold 10,000 shares of AGNC Investment 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 owns 287,282 shares in the company, valued at $2,829,727.70. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

AGNC Investment Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AGNC opened at $9.44 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 0.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 944.94 and a beta of 1.45. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $9.64 and its 200 day simple moving average is $9.34. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 52-week low of $6.81 and a 52-week high of $11.58.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, January 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.49 by $0.11. AGNC Investment had a return on equity of 28.65% and a net margin of 7.59%. The business had revenue of $640.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $570.42 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.74 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 2.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a feb 24 dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 29th will be issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 28th. AGNC Investment's dividend payout ratio is 14,414.41%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently commented on AGNC. Barclays boosted their price objective 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 reissued a "neutral" rating and issued a $9.00 price objective on shares of AGNC Investment in a research note on Wednesday, December 6th. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price objective on AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 25th. StockNews.com raised AGNC Investment from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 31st. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their target price on AGNC Investment from $8.50 to $10.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, December 13th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $9.92.

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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