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Assured Guaranty (AGO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$81.82 -0.24 (-0.29%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$81.87 +0.05 (+0.06%)
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About Assured Guaranty Stock (NYSE:AGO)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$81.09
$82.30
50-Day Range
$80.41
$87.49
52-Week Range
$74.09
$96.50
Volume
174,949 shs
Average Volume
330,931 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.90 billion
P/E Ratio
9.04
Dividend Yield
1.66%
Price Target
$98.50
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Assured Guaranty Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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86th Percentile Overall Score

AGO MarketRank™: 

Assured Guaranty scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 227th out of 934 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 2.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Assured Guaranty has only been the subject of 2 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 -10.96% in the coming year, from $7.30 to $6.50 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Assured Guaranty is 9.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.72.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Assured Guaranty is 9.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.43.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Assured Guaranty has a P/B Ratio of 0.68. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Assured Guaranty's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.50% 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 3.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Assured Guaranty has recently increased by 8.49%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Assured Guaranty pays a meaningful dividend of 1.67%, 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 15.03%. 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 20.92% next year. This indicates that Assured Guaranty will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Assured Guaranty's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.50% 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 3.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Assured Guaranty has recently increased by 8.49%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Assured Guaranty has a news sentiment score of 1.75. 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 1.17 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Assured Guaranty this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 4 people have searched for AGO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -82% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    1 people have added Assured Guaranty to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Assured Guaranty insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $3,260,400.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 5.10% 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 $90.01 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, AGO shares have decreased by 9.5% and is now trading at $81.44.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 7th. The financial services provider reported $1.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.56. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 39.1% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript
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Assured Guaranty subsidiaries include these companies: Blue Mountain Capital Management.

Assured Guaranty's top institutional shareholders include River Road Asset Management LLC (3.76%), State Street Corp (3.73%), First Trust Advisors LP (2.50%) and Reinhart Partners LLC. (2.32%). Insiders that own company stock include Dominic Frederico, Robert Bailenson, Stephen Donnarumma, Howard Albert, G Lawrence Buhl, Yukiko Omura and Laura Bieling.
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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 5/30 Dividend
5/16/2025
Ex-Dividend for 5/30 Dividend
5/16/2025
Dividend Payable
5/30/2025
Last Earnings
8/07/2025
Record date for 9/3 Dividend
8/20/2025
Ex-Dividend for 9/3 Dividend
8/20/2025
Today
8/28/2025
Dividend Payable
9/03/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
11/10/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

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
$105.00
Low Price Target
$92.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+21.0%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.00
Research Coverage
3 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$9.05
Trailing P/E Ratio
8.99
Forward P/E Ratio
11.15
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$376 million
Net Margins
44.53%
Pretax Margin
58.23%
Return on Equity
7.18%
Return on Assets
3.38%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.30
Current Ratio
0.75
Quick Ratio
0.75

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$872 million
Price / Sales
4.45
Cash Flow
$7.19 per share
Price / Cash Flow
11.32
Book Value
$120.32 per share
Price / Book
0.68

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
47,620,000
Free Float
45,187,000
Market Cap
$3.88 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.88

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This page (NYSE:AGO) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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