Assured Guaranty (AGO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO) is a Bermuda-based financial services company that provides credit protection products through its operating insurance subsidiaries. The company’s core business is financial guaranty insurance, which generally guarantees the payment of scheduled principal and interest on debt obligations if the issuer or borrower defaults.

Assured Guaranty primarily serves the public finance and infrastructure markets. Its guarantees support municipal bonds and other public-sector debt, as well as obligations related to transportation, utilities, social infrastructure and other essential-service projects. The company also provides financial guarantees and related credit enhancement for structured finance transactions and offers reinsurance capacity to selected counterparties.

Assured Guaranty serves clients in the United States and selected international markets, including Europe and other developed financial markets. The company was established in 2003 and has expanded its platform through organic growth and acquisitions, including the addition of asset-management capabilities. Assured Guaranty is led by Dominic Frederico, who serves as president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $68.94 to $70.24
• 50-Day Range: $67.78 to $76.68
• 52-Week Range: $67.24 to $92.39
• Volume: 315,891 shs
• Average Volume: 432,197 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.05 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.23
• Dividend Yield: 2.19%
• Price Target: $91.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Assured Guaranty Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Assured Guaranty scored higher than 94% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 108th out of 851 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Assured Guaranty has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Assured Guaranty has a consensus price target of $91.00, representing about 31.4% upside from its current price of $69.26.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Assured Guaranty has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -8.39%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Assured Guaranty are expected to decrease by -8.39% in the coming year, from $6.91 to $6.33 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Assured Guaranty is 9.23, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 36.57.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Assured Guaranty is 9.23, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 23.27.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Assured Guaranty has a P/B Ratio of 0.55. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.73% 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 3.64, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Assured Guaranty has recently increased by 4.25%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Assured Guaranty pays a meaningful dividend of 2.18%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Assured Guaranty has been increasing its dividend for 7 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Assured Guaranty is 20.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Assured Guaranty will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.01% next year. This indicates that Assured Guaranty will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.84

News Sentiment

Assured Guaranty has a news sentiment score of 0.84. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Assured Guaranty this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 5 people have searched for AGO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -55% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Assured Guaranty to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $5,199,104.00 in company stock, which represents 0.1707% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Assured Guaranty insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $5,199,104.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.70% of the stock of Assured Guaranty is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.22% of the stock of Assured Guaranty is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/30/2026
• Record date for 9/3 Dividend: 8/20/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/3 Dividend: 8/20/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/03/2026
• Today: 10/22/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AGO
• CIK: 1273813
• Web: www.assuredguaranty.com
• Phone: (441) 279-5700
• Fax: 441-279-5701
• Employees: 367
• Year Founded: 1985

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Assured Guaranty: $91.00
• High Price Target: $97.00
• Low Price Target: $85.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +31.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.50
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.23
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.02
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $503 million
• Net Margins: 37.34%
• Pretax Margin: 44.04%
• Return on Equity: 7.11%
• Return on Assets: 3.25%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.31
• Current Ratio: 0.64
• Quick Ratio: 0.64

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $887 million
• Price / Sales: 3.43
• Cash Flow: $8.22 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.43
• Book Value: $125.55 per share
• Price / Book: 0.55

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 43,979,000
• Free Float: 41,472,000
• Market Cap: $3.05 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.73