Angel Oak Capital Advisors LLC Purchases New Holdings in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC)

Angel Oak Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 30,500 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock, valued at approximately $281,000. AGNC Investment comprises about 0.4% of Angel Oak Capital Advisors LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 24th biggest position.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. grew its position in AGNC Investment by 200.5% in 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 purchasing an additional 9,639,675 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in AGNC Investment by 2.0% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 12,303,616 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $128,730,000 after acquiring an additional 242,640 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its holdings in AGNC Investment by 5.2% in the fourth quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 8,662,954 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $80,392,000 after acquiring an additional 424,990 shares during the period. Equity Investment Corp boosted its position in AGNC Investment by 2.1% in the third quarter. Equity Investment Corp now owns 7,274,167 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $76,088,000 after purchasing an additional 149,775 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 2.5% during the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 6,768,305 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $70,796,000 after purchasing an additional 162,152 shares during the period. 38.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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Insider Buying and Selling at AGNC Investment

In other AGNC Investment news, Director Frances Spark sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.10, for a total transaction of $50,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 75,919 shares in the company, valued at $766,781.90. This trade 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 through this link. Also, CFO Bernice Bell sold 13,000 shares of AGNC Investment stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.04, for a total transaction of $130,520.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 372,226 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,737,149.04. The trade was a 3.37 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

AGNC Investment Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AGNC traded up $0.01 during trading on Friday, hitting $10.54. 32,458,184 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 19,638,191. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 52-week low of $8.92 and a 52-week high of $10.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 0.23 and a quick ratio of 0.23. The company has a market cap of $9.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.87 and a beta of 1.48. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $9.72 and its 200 day simple moving average is $9.91.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results 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 return on equity of 21.92% and a net margin of 29.26%. As a group, equities analysts predict that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.61 EPS for the current year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a feb 25 dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a yield of 13.8%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. AGNC Investment's payout ratio is presently 148.45%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently issued reports on AGNC. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of AGNC Investment from $10.00 to $9.50 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, December 9th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their price objective on AGNC Investment from $10.75 to $10.25 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $11.00 target price on shares of AGNC Investment in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on AGNC Investment from $12.00 to $11.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, JMP Securities reiterated a "market perform" rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AGNC Investment has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $10.50.

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).