NYSE:AGO - Assured Guaranty Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Assured Guaranty declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Wednesday, December 4th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.51%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 19th. View Assured Guaranty's Dividend History.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) released its earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The financial services provider reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.03. The financial services provider earned $206 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $212.55 million. Assured Guaranty had a return on equity of 5.96% and a net margin of 40.07%. Assured Guaranty's revenue for the quarter was down 25.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.47 EPS. View Assured Guaranty's Earnings History.

Assured Guaranty is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Assured Guaranty.

3 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Assured Guaranty's stock. Their forecasts range from $52.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect Assured Guaranty's stock price to reach $58.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Assured Guaranty.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Assured Guaranty in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Assured Guaranty.

Press coverage about AGO stock has been trending somewhat negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Assured Guaranty earned a coverage optimism score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Assured Guaranty.

Assured Guaranty saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,080,000 shares, a decrease of 9.6% from the December 31st total of 5,620,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 515,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 9.9 days. Currently, 5.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Assured Guaranty's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Assured Guaranty include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Markel (MKL), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cna Financial (CNA), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Old Republic International (ORI), First American Financial (FAF), Hanover Insurance Group (THG) and Axis Capital (AXS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Assured Guaranty investors own include Intel (INTC), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Amgen (AMGN), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AbbVie (ABBV), Chevron (CVX), Walt Disney (DIS), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET) and IBM (IBM).

Assured Guaranty's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Strs Ohio (0.13%), Balasa Dinverno & Foltz LLC (0.07%), TrimTabs Asset Management LLC (0.03%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.01%), Sciencast Management LP (0.01%) and James Investment Research Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Assured Guaranty stock include Andrew T Feldstein, Bruce E Stern, Cary D Baetz, Dominic Frederico, G Lawrence Buhl, Howard Albert, Jim Evans, Laura Bieling, Patrick W Kenny, Robert Bailenson, Russell B Brewer II and Stephen Donnarumma. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Assured Guaranty.

AGO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sciencast Management LP, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, Balasa Dinverno & Foltz LLC and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. Company insiders that have sold Assured Guaranty company stock in the last year include Bruce E Stern, Dominic Frederico, G Lawrence Buhl, Howard Albert, Laura Bieling, Robert Bailenson and Stephen Donnarumma. View Insider Buying and Selling for Assured Guaranty.

AGO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, Cypress Capital Group, NEXT Financial Group Inc, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, James Investment Research Inc., Huntington National Bank and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . Company insiders that have bought Assured Guaranty stock in the last two years include Andrew T Feldstein, Cary D Baetz and Jim Evans. View Insider Buying and Selling for Assured Guaranty.

Shares of AGO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AGO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.67.

Assured Guaranty has a market capitalization of $4.55 billion and generates $1.00 billion in revenue each year. Assured Guaranty employs 312 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Assured Guaranty.

The official website for Assured Guaranty is http://www.assuredguaranty.com/.

Assured Guaranty's mailing address is 30 WOODBOURNE AVENUE, HAMILTON D0, HM 08. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 441-279-5700 or via email at [email protected]