Natixis Advisors LLC Has $32.84 Million Stock Position in AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC)

Natixis Advisors LLC reduced its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) by 7.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,566,153 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 276,661 shares during the quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC owned 0.40% of AGNC Investment worth $32,844,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Left Brain Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of AGNC Investment by 196.2% in the fourth quarter. Left Brain Wealth Management LLC now owns 40,575 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $374,000 after purchasing an additional 26,875 shares during the period. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC increased its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment by 5.9% in the 4th quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC now owns 1,897,569 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $17,477,000 after buying an additional 105,250 shares during the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment by 4.7% during the 4th quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 722,434 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $6,654,000 after purchasing an additional 32,115 shares during the last quarter. CFO4Life Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment by 66.6% during the 4th quarter. CFO4Life Group LLC now owns 24,537 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $226,000 after purchasing an additional 9,806 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Swiss National Bank grew its holdings in shares of AGNC Investment by 7.1% during the 4th quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 1,538,900 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $14,173,000 after purchasing an additional 102,400 shares during the last quarter. 38.28% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of AGNC Investment from $10.00 to $9.50 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, December 9th. JMP Securities reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of AGNC Investment in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on shares of AGNC Investment from $12.00 to $11.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Argus raised shares of AGNC Investment to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of AGNC Investment from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 25th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $10.50.

AGNC Investment Trading Up 2.0 %

NASDAQ:AGNC opened at $10.24 on Monday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $9.99 and a 200-day moving average price of $9.92. AGNC Investment Corp. has a 12 month low of $8.92 and a 12 month high of $10.85. The company has a current ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The stock has a market cap of $9.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.56 and a beta of 1.50.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by ($0.05). AGNC Investment had a net margin of 29.26% and a return on equity of 21.92%. Equities analysts predict that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 1.61 EPS for the current year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a mar 25 dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 9th. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 31st. This represents a yield of 14.1%. AGNC Investment’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 148.45%.

Insider Activity at AGNC Investment

In other AGNC Investment news, CFO Bernice Bell sold 13,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.04, for a total transaction of $130,520.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 372,226 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,737,149.04. This trade represents a 3.37 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Frances Spark sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.10, for a total transaction of $50,500.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 75,919 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $766,781.90. This represents a 6.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

AGNC Investment 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).