Assured Guaranty (AGO) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Assured Guaranty in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" AGO shares.
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2 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Assured Guaranty's shares. Their AGO share price forecasts range from $84.00 to $84.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $84.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.4% from the stock's current price.
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Assured Guaranty's stock was trading at $62.26 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, AGO shares have decreased by 1.8% and is now trading at $61.15.
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Assured Guaranty saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,120,000 shares, an increase of 10.9% from the August 15th total of 1,010,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 228,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.9 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 6th 2023.
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Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 8th. The financial services provider reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.14 by $0.54. The financial services provider earned $206 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $172.20 million. Assured Guaranty had a net margin of 31.86% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.73%.

Assured Guaranty declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 16th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, August 30th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 15th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF), SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE), Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF (SYLD), Invesco S&P SmallCap Momentum ETF (XSMO), Harbor Small Cap Explorer ETF (QWST), Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF (PVAL), iShares Factors US Value Style ETF (STLV) and SPDR S&P SmallCap 600 ESG ETF (ESIX).

Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.85%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 21.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AGO will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.09% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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4 employees have rated Assured Guaranty Chief Executive Officer Piotr Niemczycki on Glassdoor.com. Piotr Niemczycki has an approval rating of 64% among the company's employees. 64.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Assured Guaranty to a friend.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Assured Guaranty investors own include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Citigroup (C), Energy Transfer (ET), Bank of America (BAC), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Boeing (BA), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Pfizer (PFE), Intel (INTC) and RTX (RTX).

Assured Guaranty trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AGO."

Assured Guaranty's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.17%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.30%), State Street Corp (3.51%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.14%), Kahn Brothers Group Inc. (1.75%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.39%). Insiders that own company stock include Dominic Frederico, G Lawrence Buhl, Howard Albert, Laura Bieling, Robert Bailenson, Russell B Brewer II and Stephen Donnarumma.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AGO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.15.

Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) has a market capitalization of $3.58 billion and generates $723 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $124 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.10 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 411 workers across the globe.

Assured Guaranty's mailing address is 30 WOODBOURNE AVENUE, HAMILTON D0, HM 08. The official website for the company is www.assuredguaranty.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (441) 279-5700, via email at rtucker@agltd.com, or via fax at 441-279-5701.