AGNC Investment (AGNC) to Release Earnings on Monday

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) is expected to post its quarterly earnings results after the market closes on Monday, January 27th. Analysts expect AGNC Investment to post earnings of $0.42 per share and revenue of $238,472.33 billion for the quarter. Investors that wish to register for the company’s conference call can do so using this link.

AGNC Investment Stock Performance

Shares of AGNC Investment stock opened at $9.68 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.72 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a current ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $9.50 and its 200 day simple moving average is $9.90. AGNC Investment has a 12 month low of $8.92 and a 12 month high of $10.85.

AGNC Investment Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a jan 25 dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 15.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 31st. AGNC Investment’s payout ratio is 100.00%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the stock. JMP Securities restated a “market perform” rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a report on Thursday. StockNews.com lowered shares of AGNC Investment from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, October 19th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target 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. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $10.64.

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).