AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCL) Short Interest Update

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCL) saw a large decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,700 shares, a decline of 90.6% from the December 31st total of 49,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 16,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days.

AGNC Investment Trading Up 0.1 %

AGNCL stock opened at $24.69 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $24.97 and a 200 day simple moving average of $24.69. AGNC Investment has a 1 year low of $22.30 and a 1 year high of $25.79.

AGNC Investment Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 1st were issued a dividend of $0.4844 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $1.94 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.85%.

AGNC Investment Company Profile

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.