7,300 Shares in AGNC Investment Corp. $AGNC Bought by First Community Trust NA

First Community Trust NA bought a new position in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund bought 7,300 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $67,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of AGNC. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC grew its position in AGNC Investment by 96.4% in the 4th quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 110,113 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,014,000 after purchasing an additional 54,049 shares during the last quarter. KBC Group NV grew its position in AGNC Investment by 10.2% in the 1st quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 33,398 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $320,000 after purchasing an additional 3,081 shares during the last quarter. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC grew its position in AGNC Investment by 14.1% in the 1st quarter. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC now owns 19,991 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $192,000 after purchasing an additional 2,465 shares during the last quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas acquired a new stake in AGNC Investment in the 1st quarter worth $1,240,000. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG grew its position in AGNC Investment by 11.8% in the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 38,125 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $351,000 after purchasing an additional 4,019 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 38.28% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AGNC has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Jones Trading restated a “buy” rating and issued a $9.50 price target on shares of AGNC Investment in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. UBS Group raised their price target 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. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price target 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. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $9.63.

Insider Transactions at AGNC Investment

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

AGNC Investment Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of AGNC opened at $10.18 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 0.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The stock has a market cap of $10.60 billion, a PE ratio of 29.94 and a beta of 1.30. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 1 year low of $7.85 and a 1 year high of $10.85. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $9.66 and a 200-day simple moving average of $9.39.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) last posted its 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 the consensus estimate 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 last year, the business earned $0.53 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a sep 25 dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 9th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be given a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a yield of 1,408.0%. AGNC Investment’s payout ratio is 423.53%.

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).