AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) Shares Purchased by Nisa Investment Advisors LLC

Nisa Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) by 3.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 245,035 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,156 shares during the quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $2,404,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of AGNC. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. raised its position in AGNC Investment by 50.5% in the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 46,983 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $615,000 after acquiring an additional 15,758 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE raised its position in AGNC Investment by 68.9% in the first quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 29,371 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $385,000 after acquiring an additional 11,982 shares in the last quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in AGNC Investment in the first quarter worth $137,000. Yousif Capital Management LLC raised its position in AGNC Investment by 5.2% in the first quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 36,096 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $473,000 after acquiring an additional 1,775 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. raised its position in AGNC Investment by 2.3% in the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 517,988 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $6,757,000 after acquiring an additional 11,711 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 38.28% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Bernice Bell sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.85, for a total value of $98,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 287,282 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,829,727.70. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

AGNC Investment Stock Performance

NASDAQ:AGNC opened at $9.31 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $9.59 and a 200-day simple moving average of $9.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 0.26 and a quick ratio of 0.26. The firm has a market cap of $6.47 billion, a PE ratio of 931.93 and a beta of 1.45. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 1-year low of $6.81 and a 1-year high of $10.64.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.49 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $640.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $570.42 million. AGNC Investment had a net margin of 7.59% and a return on equity of 28.02%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.74 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts expect that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 2.16 EPS for the current year.

AGNC Investment Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a apr 24 dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 30th will be given 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 dividend payout ratio is presently 14,414.41%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Jonestrading assumed coverage on AGNC Investment in a research report on Friday, March 22nd. They issued a “buy” rating and a $10.75 price target for the company. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on AGNC Investment from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 25th. Compass Point assumed coverage on AGNC Investment in a research report on Tuesday, February 20th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $10.25 price target for the company. Barclays raised their price target on AGNC Investment from $8.00 to $9.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, January 22nd. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded AGNC Investment from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 12th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, AGNC Investment has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $9.93.

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).