AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCP) Short Interest Down 81.7% in October

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCP) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,800 shares, a drop of 81.7% from the September 30th total of 42,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 41,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days.

AGNC Investment Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AGNCP opened at $24.64 on Friday. AGNC Investment has a one year low of $19.61 and a one year high of $24.99. The company’s fifty day moving average is $24.44 and its two-hundred day moving average is $24.11.

AGNC Investment Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 1st were issued a dividend of $0.3828 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $1.53 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.21%. This is an increase from AGNC Investment’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38.

AGNC Investment Company Profile

AGNC Investment Corp. provides private capital to housing market in the United States. It invests in residential mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by the United States government-sponsored enterprise or by the United States government agency.