AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) Shares Acquired by VisionPoint Advisory Group LLC

VisionPoint Advisory Group LLC lifted its position in shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Free Report) by 59.8% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 396,908 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after purchasing an additional 148,461 shares during the quarter. AGNC Investment accounts for approximately 1.6% of VisionPoint Advisory Group LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest holding. VisionPoint Advisory Group LLC owned 0.06% of AGNC Investment worth $3,747,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Coppell Advisory Solutions Corp. purchased a new stake in AGNC Investment in the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC purchased a new stake in AGNC Investment in the 2nd quarter worth $29,000. Worth Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in AGNC Investment in the 1st quarter worth $35,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its holdings in AGNC Investment by 128.8% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 3,580 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $37,000 after acquiring an additional 2,015 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Huntington National Bank grew its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment by 32.6% during the second quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 5,418 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $55,000 after buying an additional 1,332 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 38.86% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on AGNC. Barclays upped their target price on shares of AGNC Investment from $8.00 to $9.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Monday, January 22nd. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their target price on shares of AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 25th. StockNews.com lowered shares of AGNC Investment from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Friday, March 1st. UBS Group reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and set a $9.00 target price on shares of AGNC Investment in a report on Wednesday, December 6th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their price target on shares of AGNC Investment from $8.50 to $10.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $9.96.

Insider Buying and Selling at AGNC Investment

In other AGNC Investment news, CFO Bernice Bell sold 10,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.85, for a total value of $98,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 287,282 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,829,727.70. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

AGNC Investment Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of AGNC stock traded up $0.02 on Tuesday, hitting $9.84. 6,882,264 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 12,450,769. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $9.62 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $9.29. AGNC Investment Corp. has a twelve month low of $6.81 and a twelve month high of $10.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 0.26 and a current ratio of 0.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.84 billion, a PE ratio of 982.98 and a beta of 1.45.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, January 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.49 by $0.11. AGNC Investment had a net margin of 7.59% and a return on equity of 28.02%. The company had revenue of $640.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $570.42 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.74 earnings per share. As a group, analysts anticipate that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 2.09 EPS for the current year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a feb 24 dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 29th were given a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, February 28th. This represents a yield of 15.1%. AGNC Investment's payout ratio is currently 14,414.41%.

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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