AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC) stock fell -2.92% on Friday to $12.30 against a previous-day closing price of $12.67. With 9.41 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 13.39 million shares. During the session, the REIT – Mortgage company that operates in wider Real Estate sector, reached to the highest price of $12.62 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $12.28. The 52-week range on AGNC shows that it touched its highest point at $16.75 and its lowest point at $9.99 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $12.40. With its current market cap of 6.32 billion, AGNC has annualized dividend of $1.44 while the current yield stands at 11.71%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.07.
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Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of AGNC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.49%, but this was up by 7.14% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 9.82% while six-month performance fell -17.39%. The stock lost -22.64% in the past year, while it has lost -18.22% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AGNC yields -1.91 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.14. For the next quarter, that number is 0.60. This implies an EPS growth rate of 286.60% for this year and -17.66% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -1.81% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -7.30%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 524.30 million AGNC shares are outstanding with a float of 520.43 million shares on hand for trading. On Jul 14, 2022, short shares totaled 15.27 million, which was 2.92% higher than short shares on Jun 14, 2022. In addition to Mr. Gary D. Kain as the firm’s Exec. Chairman, Mr. Peter J. Federico serves as its Pres, CEO & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 48.39% of AGNC’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company. Other institutions hold 24.21% of AGNC, in contrast to 23.42% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 0.90%. As the largest shareholder in AGNC with 8.90% of the stake, The Vanguard Group, Inc. holds 46,573,495 shares worth 46,573,495. A second-largest stockholder of AGNC, BlackRock Fund Advisors, holds 28,367,809 shares, controlling over 5.42% of the firm’s shares. SSgA Funds Management, Inc. is the third largest shareholder in AGNC, holding 15,610,599 shares or 2.98% stake. With a 2.95% stake in AGNC, the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index is the largest stakeholder. A total of 15,445,510 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund, which owns about 2.53% of AGNC stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 13,219,664 shares valued at 146.34 million. Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Fu holds 1.67% of the stake in AGNC, owning 8,737,847 shares worth 96.73 million.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AGNC since 13 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 7 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With AGNC analysts setting a high price target of $13.00 and a low target of $12.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $12.41. Based on these targets, AGNC could surge 5.69% to reach the target high and fall by -2.44% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 0.89% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. AGNC will report FY 2022 earnings on 02/01/2023. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $2.89 being high and $1.88 being low. For AGNC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.60. The earnings surprise of a firm occurs when the actual results change from the consensus earnings estimate. AGNC Investment Corp. surprised analysts by $0.24 when it reported $0.83 EPS against a consensus estimate of $0.59. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was $0.09. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.72 and the low estimate is $0.40. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.57.
Dividends & Yield:
In terms of dividends, AGNC has a current ratio of $1.44, which is $1.44 over the trailing 12-months, while a dividend of $1.86 is likely to be paid on average over the next five years. Dividend yield is another indicator that appeals to many investors, and AGNC currently yields $11.71. In the past year, AGNC’s dividend yield has been $11.71, but when looking at the stock over the past five years, its yield has been $11.36. Accordingly, AGNC has a current buyback yield of $0.65. This was $0.65 for the TTM.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded AGNC stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 1 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 7,520 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 16 while that of sell transactions has risen to 15 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 610,706 while 293,777 shares were sold.
