Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation provides a secondary market for various loans made to borrowers in the United States. It operates through four segments: Corporate AgFinance, Farm & Ranch, Rural Utilities, and Renewable Energy. The company's Agricultural Finance line of business engages in purchasing and retaining eligible loans and securities; guaranteeing the payment of principal and interest on securities that represent interests in or obligations secured by pools of eligible loans; servicing eligible loans; and issuing LTSPCs for eligible loans. Its Rural Infrastructure Finance line of business is involved in the purchase of rural utilities loans and renewable energy loans and guarantees of securities backed by loans, as well as LTSPCs for pools of eligible rural utilities loans; by loans for electric or telecommunications facilities by lenders organized as cooperatives to borrowers; and other financial institutions that are secured by pools of eligible loans. Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $197.46 to $203.11
• 50-Day Range: $182.22 to $216.45
• 52-Week Range: $169.17 to $217.60
• Volume: 72,349 shs
• Average Volume: 52,981 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.17 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.83
• Dividend Yield: 2.81%
• Price Target: $215.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Federal Agricultural Mortgage scored higher than 84% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 240th out of 937 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Federal Agricultural Mortgage has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Federal Agricultural Mortgage has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.04%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Federal Agricultural Mortgage are expected to grow by 11.04% in the coming year, from $15.85 to $17.60 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Federal Agricultural Mortgage is 12.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 128.72.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Federal Agricultural Mortgage is 12.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 46.86.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a PEG Ratio of 1.95. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a P/B Ratio of 2.33. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.84% of the float of Federal Agricultural Mortgage has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Federal Agricultural Mortgage has recently increased by 0.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays a meaningful dividend of 2.68%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Federal Agricultural Mortgage has been increasing its dividend for 13 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Federal Agricultural Mortgage is 36.01%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Federal Agricultural Mortgage will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.82% next year. This indicates that Federal Agricultural Mortgage will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.85

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.84% of the float of Federal Agricultural Mortgage has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Federal Agricultural Mortgage has recently increased by 0.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.74

News Sentiment

Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a news sentiment score of 1.74. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.80 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Federal Agricultural Mortgage this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for AGM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Federal Agricultural Mortgage insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,808,561.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.58% of the stock of Federal Agricultural Mortgage is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

68.03% of the stock of Federal Agricultural Mortgage is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

AGM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have AGM shares performed this year?

Federal Agricultural Mortgage's stock was trading at $191.22 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AGM stock has increased by 4.3% and is now trading at $199.53.
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How were Federal Agricultural Mortgage's earnings last quarter?

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Co. (NYSE:AGM) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 4th. The credit services provider reported $4.10 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $4.14 by $0.04. The credit services provider earned $411.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.15 million. Federal Agricultural Mortgage had a net margin of 12.59% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.14%.

Who are Federal Agricultural Mortgage's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Federal Agricultural Mortgage include Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.94%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.94%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (2.67%) and Captrust Financial Advisors (2.09%). Insiders that own company stock include Bradford T Nordholm, Stephen P Mullery, Mitchell A Johnson, Zachary Carpenter, Brian M Brinch, Dennis L Brack, Everett M Dobrinski, Todd P Ware, Sara Louise Faivre-Davis, Chester J Culver, Kerry T Willie, Charles A Stones and Robert G Sexton.
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How do I buy shares of Federal Agricultural Mortgage?

Shares of AGM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Federal Agricultural Mortgage own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Federal Agricultural Mortgage investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Adobe (ADBE), Arista Networks (ANET), ServiceNow (NOW) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/16/2024
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2024
• Last Earnings: 11/04/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 12/31 Dividend: 12/16/2024
• Today: 12/20/2024
• Dividend Payable: 12/31/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Federal & federally sponsored credit
• Sub-Industry: Thrifts & Mortgage Finance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AGM
• CUSIP: 31314830
• CIK: 845877
• Web: www.farmermac.com
• Phone: (202) 879-3276
• Fax: 800-999-1814
• Employees: 185
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $215.00
• High Stock Price Target: $215.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $215.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +7.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $15.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.83
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.59
• P/E Growth: 1.95
• Net Income: $200 million
• Net Margins: 12.59%
• Pretax Margin: 15.88%
• Return on Equity: 20.14%
• Return on Assets: 0.67%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.58
• Current Ratio: 0.49
• Quick Ratio: 0.49

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $358.82 million
• Price / Sales: 6.05
• Cash Flow: $18.09 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.03
• Book Value: $85.53 per share
• Price / Book: 2.33

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 10,881,000
• Free Float: 10,600,000
• Market Cap: $2.17 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.07