FY2026 Earnings Forecast for AGO Issued By DOWLING & PARTN

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) – DOWLING & PARTN issued their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for Assured Guaranty in a report released on Wednesday, May 20th. DOWLING & PARTN analyst G. Dunn forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings of $6.60 per share for the year. The consensus estimate for Assured Guaranty’s current full-year earnings is $7.55 per share. DOWLING & PARTN also issued estimates for Assured Guaranty’s FY2027 earnings at $6.05 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $6.80 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also commented on AGO. Weiss Ratings lowered Assured Guaranty from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. UBS Group upgraded Assured Guaranty from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $94.00 price target for the company in a report on Monday, May 18th. Roth Mkm lowered Assured Guaranty from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $80.00 price target for the company. in a report on Friday, May 8th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their price target on Assured Guaranty from $108.00 to $103.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 19th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Assured Guaranty from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $92.33.

Assured Guaranty Stock Down 1.7%

Shares of AGO stock opened at $74.89 on Thursday. Assured Guaranty has a 12 month low of $74.18 and a 12 month high of $92.39. The firm has a market cap of $3.32 billion, a PE ratio of 8.60 and a beta of 0.81. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $80.65 and a 200-day moving average of $85.17. The company has a quick ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 0.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31.

Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The financial services provider reported $2.50 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.50 by $1.00. Assured Guaranty had a return on equity of 6.98% and a net margin of 40.45%.The company had revenue of $261.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $208.63 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.18 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 24.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Global Retirement Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Assured Guaranty by 633.9% in the fourth quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 455 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 393 shares in the last quarter. Quarry LP acquired a new position in shares of Assured Guaranty in the third quarter valued at $44,000. Greykasell Wealth Strategies Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Assured Guaranty in the fourth quarter valued at $45,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its stake in shares of Assured Guaranty by 1,080.6% in the third quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 732 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $62,000 after purchasing an additional 670 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Danske Bank A S bought a new stake in Assured Guaranty in the third quarter valued at $68,000. 92.22% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Francisco L. Borges sold 123,750 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.22, for a total value of $9,927,225.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 176,952 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,195,089.44. This represents a 41.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, COO Robert Bailenson sold 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $78.62, for a total value of $3,931,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer owned 256,251 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,146,453.62. The trade was a 16.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 224,969 shares of company stock valued at $18,027,948 in the last ninety days. 5.70% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Assured Guaranty Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 29th. Investors of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a $0.38 dividend. This represents a $1.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.0%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 15th. Assured Guaranty’s dividend payout ratio is presently 17.45%.

Assured Guaranty Company Profile

Assured Guaranty Ltd is a Bermuda-domiciled provider of financial guaranty insurance and reinsurance products serving public finance, infrastructure and structured finance markets. The company’s primary business activity is credit enhancement, whereby it guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest on debt obligations issued by municipal and infrastructure entities. By combining rigorous risk assessment with active portfolio management, Assured Guaranty helps issuers access capital at more attractive rates while protecting investors against credit events.

In its public finance segment, the company underwrites municipal bond insurance for state and local governments, public-private partnerships and essential infrastructure projects.