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

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCZ) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 11th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st will be given a dividend of 0.5469 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 1st.

AGNC Investment Price Performance

AGNC Investment stock opened at $25.33 on Friday. AGNC Investment has a 12 month low of $24.58 and a 12 month high of $26.37. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $25.27.

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.