Assured Guaranty (AGO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Assured Guaranty in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" AGO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AGO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Assured Guaranty's stock. Their AGO share price targets range from $92.00 to $102.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $97.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.4% from the stock's current price.
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Assured Guaranty's stock was trading at $74.83 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, AGO stock has increased by 3.3% and is now trading at $77.33.
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Assured Guaranty saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 978,900 shares, an increase of 5.9% from the March 15th total of 924,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 369,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 14th 2024.
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Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 28th. The financial services provider reported $5.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.18 by $4.57. The financial services provider earned $233 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $196.15 million. Assured Guaranty had a net margin of 53.82% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.82%. The firm's revenue was up 20.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.22 EPS.

Assured Guaranty announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 21st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 6th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, March 20th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.45%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 5th.
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Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.61%. 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.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) stock in their portfolio include SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE), Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF), Invesco Dorsey Wright Financial Momentum ETF (PFI), Invesco S&P SmallCap Momentum ETF (XSMO), Harbor Small Cap Explorer ETF (QWST), Invesco S&P SmallCap Value with Momentum ETF (XSVM), iShares Factors US Value Style ETF (STLV) and Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF (PVAL).

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.

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Assured Guaranty's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Reinhart Partners LLC. (1.61%), Oak Thistle LLC (0.03%), Symmetry Partners LLC (0.02%), MorganRosel Wealth Management LLC (0.01%), Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC (0.01%) and Atlas Capital Advisors LLC (0.00%). 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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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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