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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 7th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Wednesday, September 4th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 20th. View Assured Guaranty's Dividend History.

Assured Guaranty declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Saturday, November 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $300,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 7th. The financial services provider reported $1.38 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.62. The financial services provider earned $266 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $222.39 million. Assured Guaranty had a return on equity of 7.24% and a net margin of 46.89%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 20.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous 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 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Assured Guaranty.

Assured Guaranty will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, November 7th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

3 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Assured Guaranty's stock. Their predictions range from $50.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate Assured Guaranty's share price to reach $55.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.9% 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.

News headlines about AGO stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Assured Guaranty.

Some companies that are related to Assured Guaranty include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cna Financial (CNA), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Old Republic International (ORI), First American Financial (FAF), Hanover Insurance Group (THG) and Axis Capital (AXS).

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

Assured Guaranty's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (2.49%), Strs Ohio (0.11%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.08%), Searle & CO. (0.06%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%) and Zeke Capital Advisors LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Assured Guaranty stock include Andrew T Feldstein, 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 Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Denali Advisors LLC, Signaturefd LLC and Searle & CO.. 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 Strs Ohio, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC and Brinker Capital Inc.. 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 $46.44.

Assured Guaranty has a market capitalization of $4.58 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]