NYSE:AGOAssured Guaranty Stock Price, Forecast & News

Assured Guaranty's stock was trading at $36.25 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AGO stock has decreased by 39.4% and is now trading at $21.95. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Assured Guaranty in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Assured Guaranty.

Assured Guaranty is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Assured Guaranty.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The financial services provider reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.40. The financial services provider had revenue of $190 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $231.56 million. Assured Guaranty had a return on equity of 5.14% and a net margin of 33.91%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 18.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.82 earnings per share. View Assured Guaranty's earnings history.

Assured Guaranty declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Wednesday, June 3rd. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.64%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 19th. View Assured Guaranty's dividend history.

2 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Assured Guaranty's stock. Their forecasts range from $52.00 to $57.00. On average, they anticipate Assured Guaranty's stock price to reach $54.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 148.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Assured Guaranty.

Media coverage about AGO stock has been trending negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Assured Guaranty earned a daily sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Assured Guaranty.

Assured Guaranty saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,230,000 shares, an increase of 10.2% from the June 15th total of 2,930,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 996,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 3.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Assured Guaranty's Current Options Chain.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Assured Guaranty 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, Patrick W Kenny, Robert Bailenson, Russell B Brewer II, Stephen Donnarumma and Thomas W Jones. View institutional ownership trends for Assured Guaranty.

AGO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Assured Guaranty company stock in the last year include Bruce E Stern, Dominic Frederico, Howard Albert, Laura Bieling, Robert Bailenson, and Stephen Donnarumma. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $21.95.

Assured Guaranty has a market capitalization of $1.91 billion and generates $963 million in revenue each year. Assured Guaranty employs 312 workers across the globe.

The official website for Assured Guaranty is 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]