Caprock Group LLC Has $982,000 Holdings in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC)

Caprock Group LLC lowered its stake in shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Free Report) by 21.2% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 105,212 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 28,254 shares during the quarter. Caprock Group LLC's holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $982,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AGNC. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. grew its holdings in AGNC Investment by 200.5% during the 3rd quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 14,446,725 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $151,113,000 after acquiring an additional 9,639,675 shares during the last quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 314.8% during the 3rd quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 3,842,814 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $40,196,000 after buying an additional 2,916,345 shares during the period. ORG Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of AGNC Investment during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $17,463,000. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 115.0% during the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 1,912,694 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $20,007,000 after buying an additional 1,023,275 shares during the period. Finally, International Assets Investment Management LLC grew its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 945.2% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 1,072,039 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $102,489,000 after buying an additional 969,475 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 38.28% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $11.00 price target on shares of AGNC Investment in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered their price target on shares of AGNC Investment from $10.75 to $10.25 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective 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. JMP Securities restated a "market perform" rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, StockNews.com cut shares of AGNC Investment from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Saturday, October 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $10.50.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Bernice Bell sold 13,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 372,226 shares in the company, valued at $3,737,149.04. This trade represents a 3.37 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.43% of the company's stock.

AGNC Investment Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AGNC traded up $0.12 on Tuesday, hitting $10.07. The company had a trading volume of 20,698,989 shares, compared to its average volume of 20,061,549. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 1-year low of $8.92 and a 1-year high of $10.85. The stock has a market cap of $8.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.38 and a beta of 1.48. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $9.53 and a 200 day moving average price of $9.88. The company has a current ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.37 EPS 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%. Analysts expect that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.61 EPS for the current year.

AGNC Investment Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a jan 25 dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 31st. This represents a yield of 15.5%. AGNC Investment's payout ratio is 148.46%.

AGNC Investment 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).