AGNC Investment (AGNC) to Release Earnings on Monday

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) is projected to post its quarterly earnings results after the market closes on Monday, April 21st. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.40 per share and revenue of $436.71 million for the quarter. Individual that wish to register for the company's earnings conference call can do so using this link.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.37 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.42 by ($0.05). AGNC Investment had a net margin of 29.26% and a return on equity of 21.92%. On average, analysts expect AGNC Investment to post $2 EPS for the current fiscal year and $2 EPS for the next fiscal year.

AGNC Investment Stock Performance

Shares of AGNC Investment stock traded up $0.08 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $8.38. The company's stock had a trading volume of 10,059,867 shares, compared to its average volume of 18,510,893. AGNC Investment has a one year low of $7.85 and a one year high of $10.85. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $9.81 and its 200 day simple moving average is $9.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a current ratio of 0.23. The stock has a market cap of $7.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.62 and a beta of 1.32.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a apr 25 dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 9th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 30th will be issued a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 30th. This represents a yield of 17.7%. AGNC Investment's dividend payout ratio is currently 148.45%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Frances Spark sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.10, for a total value of $50,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 75,919 shares in the company, valued at $766,781.90. This represents a 6.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Bernice Bell sold 13,000 shares of AGNC Investment stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.04, for a total value of $130,520.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 372,226 shares in the company, valued at $3,737,149.04. This represents a 3.37 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.42% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on AGNC shares. StockNews.com upgraded AGNC Investment from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 25th. JMP Securities reiterated a "market perform" rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on shares of AGNC Investment from $12.00 to $11.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Argus raised shares of AGNC Investment to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $11.00 target price on shares of AGNC Investment in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $10.36.

AGNC Investment Company Profile

AGNC Investment Corp., formerly American Capital Agency Corp., is a real estate investment trust. The Company invests in agency residential mortgage-backed securities on a leveraged basis. Its investments consist of residential mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a government-sponsored enterprise, such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), or by the United States Government agency, such as the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) (collectively, GSEs).