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Assured Guaranty (AGO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$74.81 -1.32 (-1.73%)
Closing price 05/15/2026 03:59 PM Eastern
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$74.88 +0.06 (+0.08%)
As of 05/15/2026 04:40 PM Eastern
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About Assured Guaranty Stock (NYSE:AGO)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$74.38
$76.32
50-Day Range
$74.81
$86.76
52-Week Range
$74.18
$92.39
Volume
476,299 shs
Average Volume
485,000 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.31 billion
P/E Ratio
8.59
Dividend Yield
2.03%
Price Target
$92.33
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Assured Guaranty Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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91st Percentile Overall Score

AGO MarketRank™: 

Assured Guaranty scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 177th out of 887 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Assured Guaranty has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.40, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Assured Guaranty has a consensus price target of $92.33, representing about 23.4% upside from its current price of $74.81.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Assured Guaranty has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Assured Guaranty's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Assured Guaranty are expected to decrease by -15.23% in the coming year, from $7.55 to $6.40 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Assured Guaranty is 8.59, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.53.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Assured Guaranty is 8.59, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 23.54.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Assured Guaranty has a P/B Ratio of 0.60. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    4.50% of the float of Assured Guaranty has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Assured Guaranty has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.02.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Assured Guaranty has recently increased by 29.71%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Assured Guaranty pays a meaningful dividend of 2.02%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Assured Guaranty has been increasing its dividend for 7 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Assured Guaranty is 17.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Assured Guaranty will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.75% next year. This indicates that Assured Guaranty will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Assured Guaranty's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Assured Guaranty has a news sentiment score of 0.89. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Assured Guaranty this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    6 people have searched for AGO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 20% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Assured Guaranty insiders have sold 200.47% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $5,999,989.00 in company stock and sold $18,027,948.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    5.70% of the stock of Assured Guaranty is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    92.22% of the stock of Assured Guaranty is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Assured Guaranty's insider trading history.
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AGO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Assured Guaranty's stock was trading at $89.89 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, AGO shares have decreased by 16.8% and is now trading at $74.8130.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) announced its earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The financial services provider reported $2.50 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.50 by $1.00. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 24.3% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Assured Guaranty subsidiaries include these companies: Blue Mountain Capital Management.

Top institutional shareholders of Assured Guaranty include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.71%), First Trust Advisors LP (3.02%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.74%) and Quantinno Capital Management LP (1.13%). Insiders that own company stock include Dominic Frederico, Guaranty Ltd Assured, Robert Bailenson, Francisco L Borges, Stephen Donnarumma, G Lawrence Buhl, Yukiko Omura, Laura Bieling and Lorin Radtke.
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Shares of AGO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Assured Guaranty investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Invesco QQQ (QQQ), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE) and Arista Networks (ANET).

Company Calendar

Record date for 3/20 Dividend
3/06/2026
Ex-Dividend for 3/20 Dividend
3/06/2026
Dividend Payable
3/20/2026
Last Earnings
5/07/2026
Record date for 5/29 Dividend
5/15/2026
Ex-Dividend for 5/29 Dividend
5/15/2026
Today
5/16/2026
Dividend Payable
5/29/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
INS - MULTI LINE
Sub-Industry
Property & Casualty Insurance
Current Symbol
NYSE:AGO
CIK
1273813
Employees
410
Year Founded
1985

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$103.00
Low Price Target
$80.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+23.4%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.40
Research Coverage
5 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$8.71
Trailing P/E Ratio
8.59
Forward P/E Ratio
9.91
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$503 million
Net Margins
40.45%
Pretax Margin
48.54%
Return on Equity
6.98%
Return on Assets
3.25%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.31
Current Ratio
0.63
Quick Ratio
0.79

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$957 million
Price / Sales
3.46
Cash Flow
$8.16 per share
Price / Cash Flow
9.17
Book Value
$125.65 per share
Price / Book
0.60

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
44,282,000
Free Float
41,758,000
Market Cap
$3.31 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.81

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This page (NYSE:AGO) was last updated on 5/16/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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