Assured Guaranty - AGO Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Assured Guaranty in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" AGO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AGO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Assured Guaranty's stock. Their AGO share price forecasts range from $65.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $70.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.8% from the stock's current price.
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Assured Guaranty's stock was trading at $50.20 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AGO stock has increased by 24.8% and is now trading at $62.63.
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Assured Guaranty saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,460,000 shares, an increase of 30.4% from the September 30th total of 1,120,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 345,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 23rd 2023.
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Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 4th. The financial services provider reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.39. The financial services provider earned $212 million during the quarter. Assured Guaranty had a net margin of 42.22% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.10%.

Assured Guaranty announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 16th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, November 30th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.60%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 15th.
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Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.60%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 24.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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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.

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

Assured Guaranty's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.81%), Vanguard Group Inc. (12.20%), Putnam Investments LLC (12.16%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.90%), State Street Corp (3.63%) and Boston Partners (1.13%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew T Feldstein, Dominic Frederico, Francisco L Borges, G Lawrence Buhl, Howard Albert, Laura Bieling, Robert Bailenson, Russell B Brewer II, Stephen Donnarumma and Thomas W Jones.
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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 $62.63.

Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) has a market capitalization of $3.76 billion and generates $848 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $389 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.16 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 407 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.