AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) Shares Purchased by Caprock Group LLC

Caprock Group LLC boosted its position in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) by 5.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 133,466 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,355 shares during the quarter. Caprock Group LLC’s holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $1,412,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Riverview Trust Co acquired a new position in AGNC Investment in the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC acquired a new position in AGNC Investment in the 2nd quarter valued at about $31,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 52.2% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 3,661 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 1,255 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. increased its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 315.9% during the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,905 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $37,000 after acquiring an additional 2,966 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LRI Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of AGNC Investment during the 1st quarter valued at about $38,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 38.28% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have recently commented on AGNC shares. StockNews.com downgraded shares of AGNC Investment from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, October 19th. JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a research note on Wednesday, August 28th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on shares of AGNC Investment from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 16th. Maxim Group downgraded shares of AGNC Investment from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 24th. Finally, Compass Point upped their price objective on shares of AGNC Investment from $10.25 to $11.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, AGNC Investment presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $10.33.

AGNC Investment Stock Down 0.2 %

NASDAQ AGNC opened at $9.65 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $8.55 billion, a PE ratio of 6.70 and a beta of 1.47. AGNC Investment Corp. has a fifty-two week low of $8.57 and a fifty-two week high of $10.85. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $10.06 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $9.97. The company has a quick ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.43 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.47 by ($0.04). The company had revenue of $756.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $219.50 million. AGNC Investment had a return on equity of 23.41% and a net margin of 42.19%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.65 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.94 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a nov 24 dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 14.9%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. AGNC Investment’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 100.00%.

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).