AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCZ) Declares $0.55 Quarterly Dividend

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCZ) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 1st will be paid a dividend of 0.5469 per share on Thursday, October 15th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.6%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 1st.

AGNC Investment Stock Performance

Shares of AGNC Investment stock opened at $25.46 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $25.40 and its 200-day moving average price is $25.39. AGNC Investment has a 12 month low of $24.58 and a 12 month high of $26.37.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNCZ) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investing in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), with an emphasis on agency securities guaranteed by U.S. government-sponsored enterprises and agencies. The company’s core business is to acquire and manage portfolios of mortgage-related assets and to generate income through the spread between the interest earned on those assets and its financing costs.

AGNC’s investment activities typically include purchasing agency RMBS and other mortgage-related securities, and using derivatives and hedging strategies to manage interest-rate and spread exposure.