Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC Purchases 88,890 Shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC)

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Free Report) by 73.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 209,393 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after acquiring an additional 88,890 shares during the period. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC's holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $1,929,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Financial Life Planners bought a new stake in AGNC Investment in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. National Bank of Canada FI increased its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 112.7% in the 4th quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 3,458 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 1,832 shares in the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management raised its stake in AGNC Investment by 94.5% during the 4th quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 4,059 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 1,972 shares during the period. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL lifted its holdings in AGNC Investment by 150.0% during the fourth quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 5,000 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $46,000 after acquiring an additional 3,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC grew its stake in AGNC Investment by 775.6% in the fourth quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 581,569 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $54,000 after acquiring an additional 515,148 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 38.28% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Bernice Bell sold 8,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.88, for a total value of $71,040.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 374,019 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,321,288.72. The trade was a 2.09 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Peter J. Federico sold 48,333 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.70, for a total transaction of $420,497.10. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,691,421 shares of the company's stock, valued at $14,715,362.70. This represents a 2.78 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 139,384 shares of company stock valued at $1,228,039 over the last 90 days. 0.42% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

AGNC Investment Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of AGNC Investment stock traded up $0.04 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $8.72. 24,662,674 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 19,625,888. The company has a current ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The company has a 50 day moving average of $9.33 and a two-hundred day moving average of $9.58. The stock has a market cap of $7.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.98 and a beta of 1.30. AGNC Investment Corp. has a fifty-two week low of $7.85 and a fifty-two week high of $10.85.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.44 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $846.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $436.71 million. AGNC Investment had a return on equity of 21.92% and a net margin of 29.26%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.58 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a may 25 dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. AGNC Investment's dividend payout ratio is presently 360.00%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AGNC has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price target on AGNC Investment from $10.75 to $10.25 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. JMP Securities reaffirmed a "market perform" rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. Royal Bank of Canada lowered 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 Tuesday, April 29th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on shares of AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Finally, Jones Trading dropped their price target on AGNC Investment from $10.25 to $9.50 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $9.96.

About AGNC Investment

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).