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Assured Guaranty (AGO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$76.68 +0.51 (+0.67%)
Closing price 08/14/2026 03:59 PM Eastern
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$76.77 +0.09 (+0.11%)
As of 08/14/2026 07:34 PM Eastern
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About Assured Guaranty Stock (NYSE:AGO)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$76.06
$76.81
50-Day Range
$74.75
$85.48
52-Week Range
$72.76
$92.39
Volume
241,992 shs
Average Volume
350,821 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.37 billion
P/E Ratio
10.22
Dividend Yield
1.98%
Price Target
$90.33
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Assured Guaranty Ltd is a Bermuda-domiciled provider of financial guaranty insurance and reinsurance products serving public finance, infrastructure and structured finance markets. The company’s primary business activity is credit enhancement, whereby it guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest on debt obligations issued by municipal and infrastructure entities. By combining rigorous risk assessment with active portfolio management, Assured Guaranty helps issuers access capital at more attractive rates while protecting investors against credit events.

In its public finance segment, the company underwrites municipal bond insurance for state and local governments, public-private partnerships and essential infrastructure projects. Its structured finance offerings cover asset-backed securities, residential and commercial mortgage obligations, and other specialty lending transactions. The reinsurance arm provides capacity relief and diversification to third-party insurers by assuming credit risk on existing policies, and the firm also offers runoff management services to optimize recoveries on legacy guaranteed portfolios.

Headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, with principal executive offices in New York, Assured Guaranty conducts business across North America, Europe and select Asian markets. Since its founding in the late 1980s, the company has navigated multiple credit cycles and evolving regulatory frameworks, refining its underwriting standards and capital management approach. Under the leadership of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dominic J. Frederico, Assured Guaranty continues to emphasize disciplined underwriting, robust credit analytics and strategic capital allocation to support its policyholders and stakeholders.

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Assured Guaranty Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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93rd Percentile Overall Score

AGO MarketRank™: 

Assured Guaranty scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 116th out of 859 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Assured Guaranty has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.40, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Assured Guaranty has a consensus price target of $90.33, representing about 17.8% upside from its current price of $76.68.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Assured Guaranty has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Assured Guaranty's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Assured Guaranty are expected to decrease by -9.45% in the coming year, from $6.88 to $6.23 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Assured Guaranty is 10.22, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.84.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Assured Guaranty is 10.22, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 29.34.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Assured Guaranty has a P/B Ratio of 0.60. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    4.56% of the float of Assured Guaranty has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Assured Guaranty has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.91.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Assured Guaranty has recently decreased by 1.54%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Dividend Yield

    Assured Guaranty pays a meaningful dividend of 2.00%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Assured Guaranty has been increasing its dividend for 7 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Assured Guaranty is 20.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Assured Guaranty will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.40% next year. This indicates that Assured Guaranty will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Assured Guaranty's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Assured Guaranty has a news sentiment score of 0.73. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Assured Guaranty this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    14 people have searched for AGO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 250% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Net Insider Buying

    Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $5,121,291.00 in company stock, which represents 0.1519% of the company's market cap.

  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Assured Guaranty insiders have bought 6,581.54% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $5,199,104.00 in company stock and sold $77,813.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    5.70% of the stock of Assured Guaranty is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    92.22% of the stock of Assured Guaranty is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Assured Guaranty's insider trading history.
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AGO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Assured Guaranty's stock was trading at $89.89 at the start of the year. Since then, AGO stock has decreased by 14.7% and is now trading at $76.6830.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June, 30th. The financial services provider reported $1.23 EPS for the quarter. The financial services provider had revenue of $195 million for the quarter. Assured Guaranty had a net margin of 37.34% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.11%.

Assured Guaranty subsidiaries include these companies: Blue Mountain Capital Management.

Top institutional shareholders of Assured Guaranty include BlackRock Inc. (13.09%), Reinhart Partners LLC. (2.82%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.65%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.22%). Insiders that own company stock include Dominic Frederico, Guaranty Ltd Assured, Robert Bailenson, Francisco L Borges, Stephen Donnarumma, G Lawrence Buhl, Yukiko Omura, Laura Bieling and Lorin Radtke.
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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 Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Assured Guaranty investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Invesco QQQ (QQQ), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE) and Arista Networks (ANET).

Company Calendar

Record date for 5/29 Dividend
5/15/2026
Ex-Dividend for 5/29 Dividend
5/15/2026
Dividend Payable
5/29/2026
Last Earnings
6/30/2026
Today
8/15/2026
Record date for 9/3 Dividend
8/20/2026
Ex-Dividend for 9/3 Dividend
8/20/2026
Dividend Payable
9/03/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
Insurance
Sub-Industry
Property & Casualty Insurance
Current Symbol
NYSE:AGO
CIK
1273813
Employees
410
Year Founded
1985

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$97.00
Low Price Target
$80.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+17.8%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.40
Research Coverage
5 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$7.50
Trailing P/E Ratio
10.22
Forward P/E Ratio
11.15
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$503 million
Net Margins
37.34%
Pretax Margin
44.04%
Return on Equity
7.11%
Return on Assets
3.25%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.31
Current Ratio
0.64
Quick Ratio
0.63

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$1.11 billion
Price / Sales
3.04
Cash Flow
$8.36 per share
Price / Cash Flow
9.17
Book Value
$126.92 per share
Price / Book
0.60

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
43,980,000
Free Float
41,472,000
Market Cap
$3.37 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.75

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This page (NYSE:AGO) was last updated on 8/15/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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