AGNC Investment Corp. $AGNC Shares Sold by Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC.

Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. decreased its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) by 1.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 114,609 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 1,679 shares during the period. Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC.’s holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $1,103,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 3.0% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 85,779,209 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $821,765,000 after purchasing an additional 2,462,337 shares in the last quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC boosted its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 241,567.4% during the 2nd quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 46,388,062 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $446,651,000 after purchasing an additional 46,368,867 shares in the last quarter. Equity Investment Corp boosted its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 8.2% during the 1st quarter. Equity Investment Corp now owns 7,395,081 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $70,845,000 after purchasing an additional 562,700 shares in the last quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 21.1% during the 1st quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 4,318,354 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $41,370,000 after purchasing an additional 752,201 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Davidson Investment Advisors increased its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 3.0% in the first quarter. Davidson Investment Advisors now owns 3,428,281 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $32,843,000 after acquiring an additional 101,011 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 38.28% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other AGNC Investment news, Director Paul E. Mullings sold 11,000 shares of AGNC Investment stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.61, for a total value of $105,710.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 128,511 shares in the company, valued at $1,234,990.71. The trade was a 7.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director John D. Fisk sold 20,278 shares of AGNC Investment stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.65, for a total transaction of $195,682.70. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 112,685 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,087,410.25. This trade represents a 15.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.42% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently weighed in on AGNC. Jones Trading reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $9.50 target price on shares of AGNC Investment in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. UBS Group lifted their target price on shares of AGNC Investment from $9.50 to $9.75 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on shares of AGNC Investment from $10.00 to $10.50 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their target price on shares of AGNC Investment from $9.50 to $10.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $9.75.

AGNC Investment Stock Performance

AGNC stock opened at $9.93 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 0.33 and a current ratio of 0.33. The stock has a market cap of $10.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.21 and a beta of 1.32. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $9.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $9.35. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 52 week low of $7.85 and a 52 week high of $10.63.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.42 by ($0.04). The company had revenue of $830.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $447.37 million. AGNC Investment had a return on equity of 19.32% and a net margin of 11.50%.During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.53 earnings per share. Research analysts anticipate that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a oct 25 dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 31st will be paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 31st. This represents a yield of 1,417.0%. AGNC Investment’s payout ratio is 423.53%.

AGNC Investment Company 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).