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

Assured Guaranty trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AGO."

Assured Guaranty announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 7th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 21st will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Wednesday, September 4th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 20th. View Assured Guaranty's Dividend History.

Assured Guaranty announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Saturday, November 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $300,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 7th. The financial services provider reported $1.38 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.62. The financial services provider had revenue of $266 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $222.39 million. Assured Guaranty had a net margin of 46.89% and a return on equity of 7.24%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 20.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.66 earnings per share. View Assured Guaranty's Earnings History.

Assured Guaranty is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Assured Guaranty.

3 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Assured Guaranty's shares. Their predictions range from $50.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate Assured Guaranty's stock price to reach $55.6667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Assured Guaranty.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Assured Guaranty in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Assured Guaranty.

Media stories about AGO stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Assured Guaranty earned a coverage optimism score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Assured Guaranty.

Some companies that are related to Assured Guaranty include Old Republic International (ORI), Essent Group (ESNT), Radian Group (RDN), MGIC Investment (MTG), NMI (NMIH), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), MBIA (MBI) and Syncora (SYCRF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Assured Guaranty investors own include CVS Health (CVS), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Intel (INTC), Walt Disney (DIS), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Micron Technology (MU), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Illumina (ILMN), Allergan (AGN) and Boeing (BA).

Assured Guaranty's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.23%), Putnam Investments LLC (7.33%), BlackRock Inc. (7.25%), BlackRock Inc. (7.25%), AQR Capital Management LLC (3.82%) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (2.58%). Company insiders that own Assured Guaranty stock include Dominic Frederico, G Lawrence Buhl, Howard Albert, Patrick W Kenny, Robert Bailenson, Russell B Brewer II and Stephen Donnarumma. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Assured Guaranty.

AGO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Seizert Capital Partners LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Goldentree Asset Management LP, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, AXA, Schroder Investment Management Group and Schroder Investment Management Group. Company insiders that have sold Assured Guaranty company stock in the last year include Dominic Frederico, G Lawrence Buhl, Howard Albert and Stephen Donnarumma. View Insider Buying and Selling for Assured Guaranty.

AGO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Kahn Brothers Group Inc. DE, AQR Capital Management LLC, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Taconic Capital Advisors LP and Putnam Investments LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Assured Guaranty.

Shares of AGO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AGO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.47.

Assured Guaranty has a market capitalization of $4.49 billion and generates $1.00 billion in revenue each year. Assured Guaranty employs 312 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Assured Guaranty.

The official website for Assured Guaranty is http://www.assuredguaranty.com/.

Assured Guaranty's mailing address is 30 WOODBOURNE AVENUE, HAMILTON D0, HM 08. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 441-279-5700 or via email at [email protected]