AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) Shares Sold by Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors LLC

Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors LLC lessened its holdings in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Free Report) by 73.3% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 26,173 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 71,681 shares during the quarter. Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors LLC's holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $241,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of AGNC. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. grew its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 9,639,675 shares in 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 in the last quarter. 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 in the last quarter. 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp grew its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 34.1% during the 3rd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 3,427,978 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $34,074,000 after buying an additional 870,856 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 38.28% of the company's stock.

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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on AGNC. Argus raised AGNC Investment to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price target on AGNC Investment from $10.75 to $10.25 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. JMP Securities reissued a "market perform" rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on AGNC Investment from $10.00 to $9.50 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on AGNC Investment from $12.00 to $11.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, AGNC Investment presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $10.50.

Insider Transactions at AGNC Investment

In other news, CFO Bernice Bell sold 13,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 30th. The stock was 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 directly owns 372,226 shares in the company, valued at $3,737,149.04. This trade represents a 3.37 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Frances Spark sold 5,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the director now owns 75,919 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $766,781.90. The trade was a 6.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company's stock.

AGNC Investment Stock Up 0.1 %

AGNC Investment stock traded up $0.01 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $10.54. The company's stock had a trading volume of 32,458,184 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,638,191. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $9.72 and its 200-day simple moving average is $9.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 0.23 and a quick ratio of 0.23. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 52-week low of $8.92 and a 52-week high of $10.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.87 and a beta of 1.48.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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, sell-side 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 feb 25 dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a $0.12 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 13.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. AGNC Investment's payout ratio is 148.45%.

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).