AGNC Investment Corp (NASDAQ: AGNC)’s stock price has plunge by 2.83relation to previous closing price of 8.12. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -7.02% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. prnewswire.com reported 2025-04-10 that BETHESDA, Md. , April 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — AGNC Investment Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) (“AGNC” or the “Company”) announced preliminary estimates for certain financial measures for the first quarter 2025: As of March 31, 2025, AGNC’s tangible net book value was estimated to be $8.25 per common share; For the first quarter 2025, AGNC’s total comprehensive income was estimated to be $0.12 per common share; For the first quarter 2025, AGNC’s net spread and dollar roll income (a non-GAAP financial measure) was estimated to be $0.44 per common share, excluding less than $(0.01) per common share of estimated “catch-up” premium amortization cost;1 As of March 31, 2025, AGNC’s total investment portfolio was approximately $78.9 billion, which includes approximately $7.5 billion of To-Be-Announced (“TBA”) Agency MBS and $0.9 billion of credit risk transfer and non-Agency securities and other mortgage credit investments; As of March 31, 2025, AGNC’s tangible net book value “at risk” leverage ratio was approximately 7.5x;2 For the first quarter 2025, AGNC’s estimated economic return on tangible common equity was 2.4%, comprised of $0.36 of dividends declared per common share and an estimated $(0.16) decrease in tangible net book value per common share; As of March 31, 2025, AGNC had approximately $6.0 billion of cash and unencumbered Agency MBS, which represented approximately 63% of the Company’s tangible equity; As of March 31, 2025, AGNC’s hedge portfolio covered approximately 91% of the Company’s funding liabilities,3 and its duration gap4 was approximately 0.4 years; and During the first quarter 2025, the Company issued 49.7 million shares of common stock for net proceeds of $509 million.
Is It Worth Investing in AGNC Investment Corp (NASDAQ: AGNC) Right Now?
AGNC Investment Corp (NASDAQ: AGNC) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.70x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for AGNC is 1.32. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 5 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 rating it as “overweight,” 6 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for AGNC is 908.30M and currently, short sellers hold a 6.39% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of AGNC on April 14, 2025 was 26.08M shares.
AGNC’s Market Performance
AGNC’s stock has seen a -7.02% decrease for the week, with a -16.83% drop in the past month and a -8.64% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 9.19%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 3.72% for AGNC Investment Corp The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -12.16% for AGNC’s stock, with a -15.77% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of AGNC
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AGNC stocks, with Wells Fargo repeating the rating for AGNC by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for AGNC in the upcoming period, according to Wells Fargo is $12 based on the research report published on September 20, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Janney gave a rating of “Buy” to AGNC, setting the target price at $10.50 in the report published on June 06th of the previous year.
AGNC Trading at -16.17% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought AGNC to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -23.04% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.72%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 9.19%, as shares sank -18.46% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -17.16% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, AGNC fell by -7.02%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -14.45% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $9.51. In addition, AGNC Investment Corp saw -9.34% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at AGNC starting from Davis Morris A., who proposed sale 12,122 shares at the price of $10.34 back on Mar 20 ’25. After this action, Davis Morris A. now owns shares of AGNC Investment Corp, valued at $125,341 using the latest closing price.
Davis Morris A., the Former Director of AGNC Investment Corp, proposed sale 57,285 shares at $10.38 during a trade that took place back on Mar 19 ’25, which means that Davis Morris A. is holding shares at $594,332 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for AGNC
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.41 for the present operating margin
- 0.98 for the gross margin
The net margin for AGNC Investment Corp stands at 0.27. The total capital return value is set at 0.01. Equity return is now at value 9.58, with 1.08 for asset returns.
Based on AGNC Investment Corp (AGNC), the company’s capital structure generated 0.01 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.34. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.01. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.44.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -184.0 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.24. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.29.
Conclusion
In conclusion, AGNC Investment Corp (AGNC) has seen bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
