NYSE:AGO

Assured Guaranty - AGO Stock Forecast, Price & News

$48.45

+0.33 (+0.69%)

(As of 09/30/2022 12:00 AM ET)

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Today's Range: $48.13
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$49.08
50-Day Range: $46.20
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$58.86
52-Week Range: $44.94
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$65.68

Volume: 377,036 shs
Average Volume: 377,442 shs
Market Capitalization: $3.00 billion

P/E Ratio: 11.54
Dividend Yield: 2.08%
Price Target: $70.67

Assured Guaranty MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy
2.50 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 45.9% Upside
$70.67 Price Target
Short Interest: Bearish
2.47% of Float Sold Short
Dividend Strength: Strong
Based on Four Factors
Sustainability: -0.38
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment: 0.05
Based on 3 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: N/A
Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Overall MarketRank^™

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

2.40 out of 5 stars

Finance Sector

546th out of 926 stocks

Surety Insurance Industry

5th out of 8 stocks

3.3

Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Assured Guaranty has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $70.67, Assured Guaranty has a forecasted upside of 45.9% from its current price of $48.45.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Assured Guaranty has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

2.0

Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
2.47% 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 4.1.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in Assured Guaranty has recently increased by 24.14%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

3.3

Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
Assured Guaranty pays a meaningful dividend of 2.08%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.
Dividend Growth
Assured Guaranty has been increasing its dividend for 11 years.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of Assured Guaranty is 23.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

1.8

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
Assured Guaranty has received a -8.44% net impact score from Upright. On the other hand, these positive outcomes are achieved by using resources or causing negative impacts in categories "Scarce human capital", "GHG emissions", and "Equality & human rights". The negative contribution in the "GHG emissions" impact category seems to be driven mostly by its "Vehicle reinsurance services", "Travelling reinsurance services", and "Credit reinsurance services" products. See details.
Environmental Sustainability
The Environmental Impact score for Assured Guaranty is -0.38.

1.7

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
Assured Guaranty has a news sentiment score of 0.05. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.62 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Assured Guaranty this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.
Search Interest
Only 1 people have searched for AGO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -75% compared to the previous 30 days.

1.7

Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Assured Guaranty insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 3.82% of the stock of Assured Guaranty is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
92.30% of the stock of Assured Guaranty is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

1.9

Earnings and Valuation

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Assured Guaranty is 11.54, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 114.96.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Assured Guaranty is 11.54, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 155.48.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Assured Guaranty has a P/B Ratio of 0.52. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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About Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) Stock

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. 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. It also 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. Further, it 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, financial products, and other structured finance securities. Additionally, the company offers specialty insurance and reinsurance that include life and aircraft residual value insurance transactions; and asset management services comprising investment advisory services, including management of collateralized loan obligations, and opportunity and liquid strategy funds. 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.

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AGO Stock News Headlines

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August 5, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Assured Guaranty (AGO) Q2 2022 Earnings Call Transcript

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Assured Guaranty Ltd. Reports Results for Second Quarter 2022

August 2, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Assured Guaranty Stock Nearing Buy Point Just Ahead Of Earnings

July 20, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Assured Guaranty Ltd. to Report Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results on August 3, 2022

July 20, 2022 | msn.com

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Ex-Dividend Reminder: Assured Guaranty, Home BancShares and Equinix

May 6, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Assured Guaranty (AGO) Q1 2022 Earnings Call Transcript

May 5, 2022 | au.investing.com

Assured Guaranty Tops Q1 EPS by 52c

May 5, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Assured Guaranty Ltd. Reports Results for First Quarter 2022

May 4, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

Assured Guaranty Q1 2022 Earnings Preview

May 4, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

Assured Guaranty declares $0.25 dividend

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AGO Company Calendar

Last Earnings: 8/03/2022
Ex-Dividend for 8/31 Dividend: 8/16/2022
Dividend Payable: 8/31/2022
Today: 10/01/2022
Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2022
Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2022

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange: NYSE
Industry: Surety insurance
Sub-Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance
Sector: Finance
Current Symbol: NYSE:AGO
CUSIP: G0585R10
CIK: 1273813
Web: www.assuredguaranty.com
Phone: (441) 279-5700
Fax: 441-279-5701
Employees: 407
Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Forecast: $70.67
High Stock Price Forecast: $80.00
Low Stock Price Forecast: $65.00
Forecasted Upside/Downside: +45.9%
Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $4.20
Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.54
Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
P/E Growth: N/A
Net Income: $389 million
Net Margins: 34.57%
Pretax Margin: 47.17%
Return on Equity: 7.00%
Return on Assets: 2.42%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.30
Current Ratio: 0.62
Quick Ratio: 0.62

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales: $848 million
Price / Sales: 3.54
Cash Flow: $6.78 per share
Price / Cash Flow: 7.15
Book Value: $92.74 per share
Price / Book: 0.52

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares: 61,940,000
Free Float: 59,577,000
Market Cap: $3.00 billion
Optionable: Optionable
Beta: 1.07

Key Executives

Mr. Dominic John Frederico (Age 69)
Deputy Chairman, Pres & CEO
Comp: $5.3M

Mr. Robert Adam Bailenson (Age 56)
Chief Financial Officer
Comp: $3.17M

Mr. David Allan Buzen (Age 63)
Chief Investment Officer & Head of Asset Management
Comp: $2.77M

Ms. Gon Ling Chow (Age 51)
Gen. Counsel & Sec.
Comp: $2.35M

Mr. Russell Brown Brewer II (Age 65)
Sr. Advisor
Comp: $2.18M

Mr. Christopher M. Gibbons
CTO & Head of Information Technology

Mr. Robert S. Tucker
Sr. Managing Director of Investor Relations & Corp. Communications

Ms. Dawn Lynn Jasiak
Head of Human Capital Management

Mr. Howard Wayne Albert (Age 62)
Chief Risk Officer

Mr. Daniel S. Bevill
Sr. MD & Co-Head of Structured Fin.

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Insiders & Institutions

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AGO Stock - Frequently Asked Questions

Should I buy or sell Assured Guaranty stock right now?: 2 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 and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" AGO shares.
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What is Assured Guaranty's stock price forecast for 2022?: 2 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Assured Guaranty's stock. Their AGO share price forecasts range from $65.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $70.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 45.9% from the stock's current price.
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How have AGO shares performed in 2022?: Assured Guaranty's stock was trading at $50.20 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AGO shares have decreased by 3.5% and is now trading at $48.45.
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Are investors shorting Assured Guaranty?: Assured Guaranty saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 daily trading volume, of 348,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the stock 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 Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
View our AGO earnings forecast.
How were Assured Guaranty's earnings last quarter?: Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 3rd. The financial services provider reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) 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%.
How often does Assured Guaranty pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Assured Guaranty?: Assured Guaranty announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 3rd. Shareholders 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 2.06%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 16th.
Read our dividend analysis for AGO.

Is Assured Guaranty a good dividend stock?: Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.08%. 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%.
Read our dividend analysis for AGO.
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 Raytheon Technologies (RTX).
What is Assured Guaranty's stock symbol?: Assured Guaranty trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AGO."
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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What is Assured Guaranty's stock price today?: One share of AGO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.45.
How much money does Assured Guaranty make?: Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) has a market capitalization of $3.00 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.
How many employees does Assured Guaranty have?: The company employs 407 workers across the globe.
How can I contact Assured Guaranty?: 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.

This page (NYSE:AGO) was last updated on 10/1/2022 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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Assured Guaranty - AGO Stock Forecast, Price & News

Assured Guaranty MarketRank™ Forecast

Overall MarketRank™

Analyst's Opinion

Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Change versus previous month

Dividend Strength

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score

Environmental Sustainability