Atomi Financial Group Inc. Has $217,000 Stock Holdings in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC)

Atomi Financial Group Inc. reduced its position in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) by 12.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 23,576 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 3,291 shares during the period. Atomi Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $217,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in AGNC. Riverview Trust Co acquired a new stake in shares of AGNC Investment in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Point72 Asset Management L.P. bought a new stake in AGNC Investment in the third quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in AGNC Investment by 52.2% in 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 purchasing 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 purchasing an additional 2,966 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Quarry LP grew its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment by 75.6% in the 2nd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 5,285 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $50,000 after buying an additional 2,275 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 38.28% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on AGNC Investment from $10.00 to $9.50 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, December 9th. JMP Securities reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of AGNC Investment from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, October 19th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $10.64.

AGNC Investment Stock Performance

Shares of AGNC stock opened at $9.82 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 52 week low of $8.92 and a 52 week high of $10.85. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $9.51 and a 200-day moving average of $9.90. The company has a market cap of $8.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.82 and a beta of 1.47.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.37 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.42 by ($0.05). AGNC Investment had a return on equity of 23.41% and a net margin of 42.19%. On average, equities analysts forecast that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.95 earnings per share for the current year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

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

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).