AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) Shares Sold by 180 Wealth Advisors LLC

180 Wealth Advisors LLC cut its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) by 10.3% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 16,836 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 1,939 shares during the period. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $155,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Riverview Trust Co acquired a new position in shares of AGNC Investment during the third quarter worth approximately $25,000. Point72 Asset Management L.P. acquired a new position in shares of AGNC Investment during the third quarter worth approximately $32,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 52.2% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 3,661 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 1,255 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 315.9% during the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,905 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 2,966 shares during the period. Finally, Quarry LP boosted its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 75.6% during the second quarter. Quarry LP now owns 5,285 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $50,000 after buying an additional 2,275 shares during the period. 38.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

AGNC Investment Price Performance

NASDAQ AGNC opened at $9.39 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.52 and a beta of 1.47. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 1 year low of $8.92 and a 1 year high of $10.85. The business’s fifty day moving average is $9.49 and its two-hundred day moving average is $9.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a current ratio of 0.23.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) last announced its earnings results on Monday, October 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.47 by ($0.04). AGNC Investment had a net margin of 42.19% and a return on equity of 23.41%. The firm had revenue of $756.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $219.50 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.65 earnings per share. On average, research analysts forecast that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.94 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a jan 25 dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a yield of 15.5%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 31st. AGNC Investment’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 100.00%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on AGNC Investment from $10.00 to $9.50 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded AGNC Investment from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $10.00 to $12.00 in a research report on Friday, September 20th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded AGNC Investment from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 19th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $10.44.

AGNC Investment Company Profile

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).