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Assured Guaranty Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:AGO)

$67.91
+0.56 (+0.83%)
(As of 11/30/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$67.25
$68.05
50-Day Range
$58.55
$68.31
52-Week Range
$45.21
$68.87
Volume
266,666 shs
Average Volume
250,505 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.89 billion
P/E Ratio
9.03
Dividend Yield
1.65%
Price Target
$75.00

Assured Guaranty MarketRank™ Stock Analysis

Analyst Rating
Buy
3.00 Rating Score
Upside/​Downside
10.4% Upside
$75.00 Price Target
Short Interest
Bearish
2.11% of Float Sold Short
Dividend Strength
Strong
Based on Four Factors
Sustainability
-0.38
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment
-0.10mentions of Assured Guaranty in the last 14 days
Based on 4 Articles This Week
Insider Trading
Selling Shares
$1.83 M Sold Last Quarter
Proj. Earnings Growth
-21.14%
From $6.15 to $4.85 Per Share

Overall MarketRank

MarketRank is calculated as an average of available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

2.39 out of 5 stars

Finance Sector

327th out of 862 stocks

Surety Insurance Industry

3rd out of 8 stocks


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About Assured Guaranty Stock (NYSE:AGO)

Assured Guaranty Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides credit protection products to public finance, infrastructure, and structured finance markets in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Insurance and Asset Management. It offers financial guaranty insurance that protects holders of debt instruments and other monetary obligations from defaults in scheduled payments. In addition, the company insures and reinsures various debt obligations, including bonds issued by the United States state governmental authorities; and notes issued to finance infrastructure projects. Further, it insures and reinsures various the U.S. public finance obligations, such as general obligation, tax-backed, municipal utility, transportation, healthcare, higher education, infrastructure, housing revenue, investor-owned utility, renewable energy, and other public finance bonds. Additionally, the company is involved in insuring and reinsuring of non-U.S. public finance obligations comprising regulated utilities, infrastructure finance, sovereign and sub-sovereign, renewable energy bonds, pooled infrastructure, and other public finance obligations; and the U.S. and non-U.S. Structured finance obligations, including residential mortgage-backed securities, life insurance transactions, consumer receivables securities, pooled corporate obligations, and financial products. Furthermore, it offers specialty insurance and reinsurance that include life and aircraft residual value insurance transactions; and asset management services comprising investment advisory services. It markets its financial guaranty insurance directly to issuers and underwriters of public finance and structured finance securities, as well as to investors in such obligations. Assured Guaranty Ltd. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

AGO Stock Price History

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Company Calendar

Last Earnings
11/07/2023
Ex-Dividend for 11/29 Dividend
11/14/2023
Dividend Payable
11/29/2023
Today
11/30/2023
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2023
Next Earnings (Estimated)
2/27/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Surety insurance
Sub-Industry
Property & Casualty Insurance
Sector
Finance
CUSIP
G0585R10
Employees
411
Year Founded
1985

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$75.00
High Stock Price Target
$75.00
Low Stock Price Target
$75.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+10.4%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
2 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$124 million
Pretax Margin
42.23%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$723 million
Cash Flow
$4.43 per share
Book Value
$92.58 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
55,070,000
Market Cap
$3.89 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.08

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AGO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Should I buy or sell Assured Guaranty stock right now?

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Assured Guaranty in the last twelve months. 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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What is Assured Guaranty's stock price target for 2024?

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Assured Guaranty's stock. Their AGO share price targets range from $75.00 to $75.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $75.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.4% from the stock's current price.
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How have AGO shares performed in 2023?

Assured Guaranty's stock was trading at $62.26 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, AGO shares have increased by 9.1% and is now trading at $67.91.
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Are investors shorting Assured Guaranty?

Assured Guaranty saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,140,000 shares, an increase of 7.5% from the October 31st total of 1,060,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 256,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.4 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's shares are short sold.
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When is Assured Guaranty's next earnings date?

The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 27th 2024.
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How were Assured Guaranty's earnings last quarter?

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 7th. The financial services provider reported $3.42 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.07 by $2.35. The financial services provider had revenue of $201 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $181.10 million. Assured Guaranty had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.04% and a net margin of 34.15%.

How often does Assured Guaranty pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Assured Guaranty?

Assured Guaranty declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, November 29th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.65%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 14th.
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Is Assured Guaranty a good dividend stock?

Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.64%. 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 14.89%. 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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What is Piotr Niemczycki's approval rating as Assured Guaranty's CEO?

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.

What other stocks do shareholders of Assured Guaranty own?

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).

Who are Assured Guaranty's major shareholders?

Assured Guaranty's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.07%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (1.92%), Kahn Brothers Group Inc. (1.79%), Reinhart Partners LLC. (1.41%), Boston Partners (1.18%) and Morgan Stanley (1.15%). 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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How do I buy shares of Assured Guaranty?

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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Does Assured Guaranty have any subsidiaries?
The following companies are subsidiares of Assured Guaranty: Blue Mountain Capital Management.
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This page (NYSE:AGO) was last updated on 12/1/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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