Teacher Retirement System of Texas lifted its stake in shares of AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC – Get Rating) by 73.3% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 143,920 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after purchasing an additional 60,890 shares during the quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas' holdings in AGNC Investment were worth $1,212,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Strs Ohio raised its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 36.7% during the second quarter. Strs Ohio now owns 198,330 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $2,195,000 after purchasing an additional 53,296 shares in the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its stake in shares of AGNC Investment by 221.1% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 36,042 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $303,000 after purchasing an additional 24,817 shares in the last quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in AGNC Investment during the third quarter worth about $127,000. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its holdings in AGNC Investment by 49.8% during the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 49,371 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $547,000 after acquiring an additional 16,420 shares during the period. Finally, Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. grew its holdings in AGNC Investment by 87.5% during the third quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 21,973 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $185,000 after acquiring an additional 10,253 shares during the period. 40.87% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AGNC has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. UBS Group lowered their target price on AGNC Investment to $8.50 in a report on Friday, November 4th. Credit Suisse Group lifted their target price on AGNC Investment to $9.50 in a report on Friday, December 2nd. Barclays lifted their price target on AGNC Investment from $9.00 to $12.00 in a research note on Friday, January 6th. BTIG Research dropped their price target on AGNC Investment from $9.50 to $9.00 in a research note on Wednesday, October 26th. Finally, StockNews.com started coverage on AGNC Investment in a research note on Wednesday, October 12th. They issued a "hold" rating on the stock. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AGNC Investment presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $10.55.

AGNC Investment Trading Up 2.8 %

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC – Get Rating) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, January 31st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.74 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.09. AGNC Investment had a positive return on equity of 23.64% and a negative net margin of 128.56%. The company had revenue of $25.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $415.17 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.75 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 89.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that AGNC Investment Corp. will post 3.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AGNC Investment Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a jan 23 dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 31st will be issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, January 30th. This represents a dividend yield of 12.7%. AGNC Investment's dividend payout ratio is -40.34%.

AGNC Investment Company Profile

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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).

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