AGNC Investment Corp. Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.52 (NASDAQ:AGNCM)

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCM) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 12th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of 0.5166 per share on Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 8.3%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 1st.

AGNC Investment Stock Performance

Shares of AGNCM stock opened at $24.89 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $24.90 and a 200-day simple moving average of $24.84. AGNC Investment has a twelve month low of $23.01 and a twelve month high of $25.49.

About AGNC Investment

AGNC Investment Corp is a real estate investment trust that primarily invests in residential mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government-sponsored enterprises, such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae. The company seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for its shareholders by acquiring agency mortgage assets and funding them with a combination of short-term repurchase agreements and longer-term debt instruments.

To manage interest rate and prepayment risk, AGNC Investment employs a range of hedging strategies, including interest rate swaps, swaptions and treasury locks.