3,099 Shares in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) Bought by MeadowBrook Investment Advisors LLC

MeadowBrook Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 3,099 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $30,000.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of AGNC. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its position in AGNC Investment by 136.4% during the third quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 27,950 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $264,000 after buying an additional 16,125 shares during the period. Xponance Inc. increased its stake in AGNC Investment by 71.9% in the 3rd quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 34,191 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $323,000 after purchasing an additional 14,304 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James & Associates grew its holdings in AGNC Investment by 1.1% in the third quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 1,078,421 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $10,180,000 after purchasing an additional 11,459 shares during the last quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of AGNC Investment in the third quarter valued at $104,000. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank raised its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 20.3% during the 3rd quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 116,115 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,096,000 after buying an additional 19,599 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 38.28% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at AGNC Investment

In other AGNC Investment news, Director Paul E. Mullings sold 5,400 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.40, for a total transaction of $50,760.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 111,827 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,051,173.80. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. In other news, Director Paul E. Mullings sold 5,400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.40, for a total value of $50,760.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 111,827 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,051,173.80. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Bernice Bell sold 3,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.32, for a total transaction of $32,620.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 309,973 shares in the company, valued at $2,888,948.36. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 15,900 shares of company stock valued at $149,030. Corporate insiders own 0.43% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on AGNC shares. JMP Securities restated a “market perform” rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a research report on Thursday, April 18th. Compass Point assumed coverage on shares of AGNC Investment in a report on Tuesday, February 20th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $10.25 target price on the stock. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their price objective on shares of AGNC Investment from $10.00 to $9.50 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 24th. Jonestrading lowered their target price on shares of AGNC Investment from $10.75 to $10.25 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 23rd. Finally, Barclays increased their price target on AGNC Investment from $8.00 to $9.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, January 22nd. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $9.79.

AGNC Investment Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of AGNC stock traded up $0.04 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $9.58. 4,932,769 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 11,805,398. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $9.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $9.29. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.55 and a beta of 1.45. AGNC Investment Corp. has a twelve month low of $6.81 and a twelve month high of $10.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 0.26 and a current ratio of 0.26.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.56 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $642.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $568.38 million. AGNC Investment had a return on equity of 27.92% and a net margin of 32.12%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.70 earnings per share. As a group, analysts forecast that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 2.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AGNC Investment Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a apr 24 dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 30th will be issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 15.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 29th. AGNC Investment’s payout ratio is 158.24%.

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).