AGNC Stock Recent News

AGNC Investment (AGNC) closed at $9.58 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.63% move from the prior day.

While the S&P 500 and other major benchmarks entered "correction territory" this month for the first time since 2023, U.S. REITs have meaningfully outperformed the broader equity market since mid-January. The rebound follows a truly forgettable three-year period for REITs dating back to the start of the Fed's rate hiking cycle in which REITs have accumulated 40 percentage-points of underperformance. REITs remain as unloved as ever: The number of publicly listed REITs declined for a fourth-straight year in 2024. As an asset class, REITs are the single-largest "underweight" among institutional investors.

AGNC Investment (AGNC) reachead $10.13 at the closing of the latest trading day, reflecting a -0.39% change compared to its last close.

For well over a century, Wall Street has been a wealth-building machine. Though there is no shortage of pathways to grow your wealth in the stock market, few strategies have proved more fruitful over long periods than buying and holding high-quality dividend stocks.

We investors, especially newish investors, are often drawn to certain kinds of investments, not always with good results. When I was a new investor, for example, I got excited about a mutual fund that had gained around 82% in a single year.

February investments fell below $1,000, mainly in BDCs like Owl Rock Capital and Ares Capital, boosting annual dividend income by $77. Dividend income hit a new February record of $505, up 5% Y/Y driven by organic dividend growth. Focus remains firmly on maintaining rising BDC dividends and achieving a monthly increase of at least $100 in dividend income.

If there is one thing that an income investor will have a hard time resisting, it is a huge dividend yield. That's why AGNC Investment (AGNC 0.34%) will pop up on many income investors' radars since it is offering an absolutely mouthwatering 14% yield.

In the most recent trading session, AGNC Investment (AGNC) closed at $10.39, indicating a +0.39% shift from the previous trading day.

AGNCP shares yield 6.13% now, but will soon float to around 9.26%. Yay? Potential capital gain is minimal with a yield to call of about 4.3%, so don't expect significant appreciation. AGNCP's floating spread of 4.697% + 3-month SOFR + 0.26161% is average, but better than AGNCM's weak spread.

AGNC Investment (AGNC 1.02%) pays a monster monthly dividend. The real estate investment trust (REIT) currently yields around 14%.