Vanguard Capital Wealth Advisors Has $125,000 Position in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC)

Vanguard Capital Wealth Advisors reduced its stake in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) by 29.7% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 13,000 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 5,500 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Capital Wealth Advisors’ holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $125,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AGNC. Fourth Dimension Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in AGNC Investment in the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. National Bank of Canada FI lifted its holdings in AGNC Investment by 112.7% in the 4th quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 3,458 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 1,832 shares during the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management lifted its holdings in AGNC Investment by 94.5% in the 4th quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 4,059 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 1,972 shares during the last quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in AGNC Investment by 34.8% in the 4th quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 4,765 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 1,229 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL lifted its holdings in AGNC Investment by 150.0% in the 4th quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 5,000 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $46,000 after purchasing an additional 3,000 shares during the last quarter. 38.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at AGNC Investment

In other AGNC Investment news, EVP Bernice Bell sold 8,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.88, for a total value of $71,040.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 374,019 shares in the company, valued at $3,321,288.72. This represents a 2.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Donna Blank sold 17,218 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.67, for a total value of $149,280.06. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 90,345 shares in the company, valued at $783,291.15. This trade represents a 16.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 139,384 shares of company stock worth $1,228,039. 0.42% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Wall Street Zen lowered AGNC Investment from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 6th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 29th. Jones Trading cut their price target on AGNC Investment from $10.25 to $9.50 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their price target on AGNC Investment from $10.25 to $9.50 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $9.75.

AGNC Investment Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AGNC opened at $9.12 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $8.82 and a 200 day simple moving average of $9.48. The company has a current ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.40 and a beta of 1.29. AGNC Investment Corp. has a one year low of $7.85 and a one year high of $10.85.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) last issued its earnings results on Monday, April 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.44 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $846.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $436.71 million. AGNC Investment had a return on equity of 21.92% and a net margin of 29.26%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.58 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts expect that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.61 EPS for the current year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a may 25 dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 10th. Investors of record on Friday, May 30th will be paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 30th. This represents a dividend yield of 16.2%. AGNC Investment’s payout ratio is 360.00%.

About AGNC Investment

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).