AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCM) Short Interest Update

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCM) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 34,000 shares, a growth of 167.7% from the September 15th total of 12,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 17,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Based on an average daily volume of 17,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days.

AGNC Investment Trading Up 0.2%

AGNCM opened at $24.62 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $25.03 and a 200-day moving average price of $24.79. AGNC Investment has a twelve month low of $23.01 and a twelve month high of $25.60.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNCM) last posted its earnings results on Monday, October 25th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of $471.00 million during the quarter.

AGNC Investment Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st were paid a $0.5693 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, October 1st. This is a positive change from AGNC Investment’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.56. This represents a $2.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.3%.

AGNC Investment Company Profile

AGNC Investment Corp. provides private capital to housing market in the United States. It invests in residential mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by the United States government-sponsored enterprise or by the United States government agency.