AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) Releases Earnings Results

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) issued its earnings results on Monday. The real estate investment trust reported $0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.42 by ($0.05), Zacks reports. AGNC Investment had a return on equity of 23.41% and a net margin of 42.19%.

AGNC Investment Stock Performance

Shares of AGNC stock traded up $0.14 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $9.82. 27,490,656 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 18,348,973. The company has a quick ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. AGNC Investment has a fifty-two week low of $8.92 and a fifty-two week high of $10.85. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $9.50 and a 200-day moving average price of $9.90. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.82 and a beta of 1.47.

AGNC Investment Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a jan 25 dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 31st. This represents a dividend yield of 15.5%. AGNC Investment's payout ratio is presently 100.00%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AGNC has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. StockNews.com cut shares of AGNC Investment from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, October 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on shares of AGNC Investment from $10.00 to $9.50 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, JMP Securities reiterated a "market perform" rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a research report on Thursday. 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $10.64.

About AGNC Investment

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).

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