AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCZ) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.55

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCZ) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 1st will be paid a dividend of 0.5469 per share on Thursday, October 15th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 8.6%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 1st.

AGNC Investment Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AGNCZ opened at $25.46 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $25.40 and a 200 day moving average of $25.39. AGNC Investment has a one year low of $24.58 and a one year high of $26.37.

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNCZ) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investing in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), with an emphasis on agency securities guaranteed by U.S. government-sponsored enterprises and agencies. The company’s core business is to acquire and manage portfolios of mortgage-related assets and to generate income through the spread between the interest earned on those assets and its financing costs.

AGNC’s investment activities typically include purchasing agency RMBS and other mortgage-related securities, and using derivatives and hedging strategies to manage interest-rate and spread exposure.