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 twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" AGO shares.
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2 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Assured Guaranty's stock. Their AGO share price forecasts range from $65.00 to $80.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $70.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 51.8% from the stock's current price.
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Assured Guaranty's stock was trading at $50.20 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, AGO shares have decreased by 7.3% and is now trading at $46.55.
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Assured Guaranty saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,440,000 shares, an increase of 24.1% from the August 31st total of 1,160,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 348,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.1 days. Approximately 2.5% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) released its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 3rd. The financial services provider reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.31. Assured Guaranty had a net margin of 34.57% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.00%.

Assured Guaranty announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, August 31st. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.15%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 16th.
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Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.16%. 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 23.81%. 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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.68%), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (2.31%), Kahn Brothers Group Inc. (2.11%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.03%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.85%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.81%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew T Feldstein, Bruce E Stern, Cary D Baetz, Dominic Frederico, Francisco L Borges, G Lawrence Buhl, Howard Albert, Jim Evans, 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 $46.55.

Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) has a market capitalization of $2.88 billion and generates $848 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $389 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.20 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.