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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Assured Guaranty's stock. 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 59.3% from the stock's current price.
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Assured Guaranty's stock was trading at $62.26 at the start of the year. Since then, AGO stock has decreased by 15.3% and is now trading at $52.74.
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Assured Guaranty saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 756,200 shares, a decline of 7.8% from the April 30th total of 819,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 273,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 2nd 2023.
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Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 28th. The financial services provider reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter. The financial services provider had revenue of $292 million for the quarter. Assured Guaranty had a net margin of 19.69% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.60%.

Assured Guaranty declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 3rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, May 31st. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 16th.
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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), Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF (PVAL), First Trust Financial AlphaDEX Fund (FXO), Invesco S&P SmallCap Value with Momentum ETF (XSVM) and Xtrackers S&P SmallCap 600 ESG ETF (SMLE).

Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.12%. 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 48.70%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AGO will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.82% 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 Raytheon Technologies (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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.64%), Putnam Investments LLC (9.15%), Wellington Management Group LLP (9.03%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.40%), State Street Corp (3.57%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.19%). 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 $52.74.

Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) has a market capitalization of $3.13 billion and generates $723 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $124 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.30 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.