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NYSE:AGO

Assured Guaranty (AGO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

$87.25
-0.10 (-0.11%)
(As of 03/28/2024 ET)
Today's Range
$87.08
$88.21
50-Day Range
$79.41
$94.99
52-Week Range
$48.15
$96.60
Volume
786,591 shs
Average Volume
357,799 shs
Market Capitalization
$4.84 billion
P/E Ratio
7.04
Dividend Yield
1.42%
Price Target
$88.50

Assured Guaranty MarketRank™ Stock Analysis

Analyst Rating
Moderate Buy
2.50 Rating Score
Upside/​Downside
1.4% Upside
$88.50 Price Target
Short Interest
Healthy
1.78% of Float Sold Short
Dividend Strength
Strong
Based on Four Factors
Sustainability
-0.38
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment
0.31mentions of Assured Guaranty in the last 14 days
Based on 7 Articles This Week
Insider Trading
Selling Shares
$5.08 M Sold Last Quarter
Proj. Earnings Growth
20.00%
From $6.00 to $7.20 Per Share

Overall MarketRank

New Rank-Based ScoringMarketRank is calculated by averaging available category scores (with extra weight given to analysis and valuation), then ranking the company's weighted average against that of other companies.

4.65 out of 5 stars

Finance Sector

116th out of 849 stocks

Surety Insurance Industry

1st out of 8 stocks

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About Assured Guaranty Stock (NYSE:AGO)

Assured Guaranty Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides credit protection products to public finance, infrastructure, and structured finance markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: Insurance and Asset Management. The company offers financial guaranty insurance that protects holders of debt instruments and other monetary obligations from defaults in scheduled payments. It insures and reinsures various debt obligations, including bonds issued by the United States state governmental authorities; and notes issued to finance infrastructure projects. In addition, the company insures and reinsures various the U.S. public finance obligations, such as general obligation, tax-backed, municipal utility, transportation, healthcare, higher education, infrastructure, housing revenue, investor-owned utility, renewable energy, and other public finance bonds. Further, the company involved in insuring and reinsuring of non-U.S. public finance obligations comprising regulated utilities, infrastructure finance, sovereign and sub-sovereign, renewable energy bonds, pooled infrastructure, and other public finance obligations; and the U.S. and non-U.S. Structured finance obligations, including residential mortgage-backed securities, life insurance transactions, consumer receivables securities, subscription finance facilities, pooled corporate obligations, and financial products. Additionally, it offers specialty business, such as real estate properties, insurance securitizations, and aircraft residual value insurance (RVI) transactions; and asset management services comprising investment advisory services. It markets its financial guaranty insurance directly to issuers and underwriters of public finance and structured finance securities, as well as to investors in such obligations. Assured Guaranty Ltd. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

AGO Stock Price History

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Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/28/2024
Ex-Dividend for 3/20 Dividend
3/05/2024
Dividend Payable
3/20/2024
Today
3/28/2024
Next Earnings (Estimated)
5/14/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Sector
Finance
Industry
Surety insurance
Sub-Industry
Property & Casualty Insurance
CUSIP
G0585R10
Employees
350
Year Founded
1985

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$88.50
High Stock Price Target
$102.00
Low Stock Price Target
$75.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+1.4%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.50
Research Coverage
2 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$739 million
Pretax Margin
48.65%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$1.37 billion
Cash Flow
$10.37 per share
Book Value
$100.69 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
52,633,000
Market Cap
$4.84 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.13

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AGO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Should I buy or sell Assured Guaranty stock right now?

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Assured Guaranty in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" AGO shares.
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What is Assured Guaranty's stock price target for 2024?

2 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Assured Guaranty's stock. Their AGO share price targets range from $75.00 to $102.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $88.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.4% from the stock's current price.
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How have AGO shares performed in 2024?

Assured Guaranty's stock was trading at $74.83 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, AGO shares have increased by 16.6% and is now trading at $87.25.
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Are investors shorting Assured Guaranty?

Assured Guaranty saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 924,700 shares, an increase of 7.2% from the February 29th total of 862,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 328,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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When is Assured Guaranty's next earnings date?

The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 14th 2024.
View our AGO earnings forecast
.

How were Assured Guaranty's earnings last quarter?

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 28th. The financial services provider reported $5.75 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.18 by $4.57. The financial services provider had revenue of $233 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $196.15 million. Assured Guaranty had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.82% and a net margin of 53.82%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 20.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.22 EPS.

How often does Assured Guaranty pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Assured Guaranty?

Assured Guaranty announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 21st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, March 20th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.28%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 5th.
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Is Assured Guaranty a good dividend stock?

Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.38%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 10.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AGO will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
Read our dividend analysis for AGO.

What is Piotr Niemczycki's approval rating as Assured Guaranty's CEO?

4 employees have rated Assured Guaranty Chief Executive Officer Piotr Niemczycki on Glassdoor.com. Piotr Niemczycki has an approval rating of 64% among the company's employees. 64.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Assured Guaranty to a friend.

What other stocks do shareholders of Assured Guaranty own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Assured Guaranty investors own include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Citigroup (C), Energy Transfer (ET), Bank of America (BAC), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Boeing (BA), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Pfizer (PFE), Intel (INTC) and RTX (RTX).

Who are Assured Guaranty's major shareholders?

Assured Guaranty's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.54%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.92%), Putnam Investments LLC (9.01%), Wellington Management Group LLP (9.29%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.51%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Dominic Frederico, G Lawrence Buhl, Howard Albert, Laura Bieling, Robert Bailenson, Russell B Brewer II and Stephen Donnarumma.
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How do I buy shares of Assured Guaranty?

Shares of AGO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Does Assured Guaranty have any subsidiaries?
The following companies are subsidiares of Assured Guaranty: Blue Mountain Capital Management.
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This page (NYSE:AGO) was last updated on 3/29/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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