Winebrenner Capital Management LLC Invests $682,000 in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC)

Winebrenner Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 74,000 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock, valued at approximately $682,000.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Financial Life Planners acquired a new stake in AGNC Investment during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Point72 Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of AGNC Investment in the 3rd quarter worth $32,000. Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 315.9% during the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,905 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 2,966 shares during the period. Spire Wealth Management increased its holdings in AGNC Investment by 94.5% in the fourth quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 4,059 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 1,972 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC lifted its stake in AGNC Investment by 775.6% in the fourth 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 during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 38.28% of the company's stock.

AGNC Investment Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ:AGNC traded up $0.04 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $10.53. 21,347,375 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 19,825,561. The stock has a market cap of $9.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.85 and a beta of 1.48. 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 Corp. has a fifty-two week low of $8.92 and a fifty-two week high of $10.85. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $9.74 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $9.91.

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AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.37 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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, research analysts anticipate that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Buying and Selling at AGNC Investment

In other news, Director Frances Spark sold 5,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.10, for a total value of $50,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, 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 sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, 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 transaction of $130,520.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 372,226 shares in the company, valued at approximately $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. Insiders own 0.43% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on AGNC shares. JMP Securities restated a "market perform" rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Royal Bank of Canada restated an "outperform" rating and set a $11.00 price objective on shares of AGNC Investment in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their target price on shares of AGNC Investment from $10.75 to $10.25 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target 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. Finally, Argus upgraded shares of AGNC Investment to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. 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 company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $10.50.

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).