AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCP – Get Free Report) 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.
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