AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) Shares Bought by Capital Advisors Inc. OK

Capital Advisors Inc. OK grew its stake in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) by 26.4% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 29,212 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,100 shares during the period. Capital Advisors Inc. OK’s holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $306,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 3.7% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 65,735,466 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $650,781,000 after purchasing an additional 2,368,658 shares in the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 2.4% in the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 8,237,964 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $86,169,000 after acquiring an additional 189,444 shares in the last quarter. Equity Investment Corp raised its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 3.7% in the second quarter. Equity Investment Corp now owns 7,124,392 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $67,967,000 after acquiring an additional 253,821 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its position in AGNC Investment by 1.0% in the 2nd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,316,724 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $50,722,000 after purchasing an additional 54,153 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. boosted its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 6.4% in the 2nd quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 4,807,050 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $45,860,000 after buying an additional 290,720 shares during the period. 38.28% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, CFO Bernice Bell sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.97, for a total transaction of $49,850.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 308,182 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,072,574.54. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. StockNews.com lowered shares of AGNC Investment from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, October 19th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their price objective on shares of AGNC Investment from $10.00 to $10.25 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 25th. Maxim Group lowered AGNC Investment from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 24th. Wells Fargo & Company raised AGNC Investment from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $10.00 to $12.00 in a report on Friday, September 20th. Finally, Compass Point increased their price objective on AGNC Investment from $10.25 to $11.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report 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 assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, AGNC Investment has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $10.33.

AGNC Investment Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AGNC opened at $9.31 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $10.23 and a 200 day moving average price of $9.93. The stock has a market cap of $7.28 billion, a PE ratio of 6.47 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a quick ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 0.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 52-week low of $7.85 and a 52-week high of $10.85.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.43 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.47 by ($0.04). The firm had revenue of $756.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $219.50 million. AGNC Investment had a net margin of 42.19% and a return on equity of 24.40%. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.65 earnings per share. Equities research analysts forecast that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.94 earnings per share for the current year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a oct 24 dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 31st will be paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 31st. This represents a yield of 14%. AGNC Investment’s dividend payout ratio is presently 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).