Barclays PLC Has $12.61 Million Stake in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC)

Barclays PLC decreased its stake in shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Free Report) by 11.8% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 1,369,041 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 183,928 shares during the quarter. Barclays PLC owned 0.15% of AGNC Investment worth $12,609,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Financial Life Planners acquired a new stake in shares of AGNC Investment during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. National Bank of Canada FI increased its holdings in AGNC Investment by 112.7% in the 4th quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 3,458 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 1,832 shares during the period. Spire Wealth Management increased its holdings in AGNC Investment by 94.5% in the 4th quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 4,059 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $37,000 after buying an additional 1,972 shares during the period. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC raised its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 775.6% in the 4th quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 581,569 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $54,000 after buying an additional 515,148 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Front Row Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment by 75.0% during the 4th quarter. Front Row Advisors LLC now owns 7,000 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $65,000 after acquiring an additional 3,000 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 38.28% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently issued reports on AGNC shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of AGNC Investment from $9.50 to $8.50 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 16th. Argus raised AGNC Investment to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $11.00 price objective on shares of AGNC Investment in a report on Thursday, January 30th. JMP Securities reissued a "market perform" rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their target price on shares of AGNC Investment from $10.75 to $10.25 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, AGNC Investment has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $10.11.

AGNC Investment Trading Up 1.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ:AGNC traded up $0.12 during trading on Thursday, hitting $8.73. 27,561,978 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 18,998,457. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $9.63 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $9.69. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 1-year low of $7.85 and a 1-year high of $10.85. The firm has a market cap of $7.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.00 and a beta of 1.32. 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 posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $846.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $436.71 million. AGNC Investment had a return on equity of 21.92% and a net margin of 29.26%. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.58 EPS. Equities analysts predict that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.61 earnings per share for the current year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a apr 25 dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 30th will be paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 30th. This represents a dividend yield of 17.7%. AGNC Investment's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 148.45%.

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).