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

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

AGNC Investment Price Performance

AGNCZ opened at $25.46 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $25.40 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $25.39. AGNC Investment has a 1-year low of $24.58 and a 1-year 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.