AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCP) Short Interest Down 81.7% in October

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCP) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,800 shares, a decrease of 81.7% from the September 30th total of 42,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 41,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

AGNC Investment Trading Up 0.0 %

AGNC Investment stock opened at $24.65 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $24.44 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $24.11. AGNC Investment has a 12 month low of $19.61 and a 12 month high of $24.99.

AGNC Investment Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 1st were given a dividend of $0.3828 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, October 1st. This is an increase from AGNC Investment’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. This represents a $1.53 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.21%.

About AGNC Investment

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.