Roth Capital Cuts Earnings Estimates for Assured Guaranty

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) – Stock analysts at Roth Capital dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Assured Guaranty in a research report issued on Tuesday, November 12th. Roth Capital analyst H. Fong now anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $1.47 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.50. The consensus estimate for Assured Guaranty’s current full-year earnings is $6.30 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Assured Guaranty’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.62 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.68 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.73 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.50 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.60 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.80 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.88 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.25 EPS.

AGO has been the subject of several other reports. StockNews.com upgraded Assured Guaranty from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday. UBS Group upped their price target on Assured Guaranty from $84.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 17th.

Assured Guaranty Trading Down 2.7 %

AGO stock opened at $88.95 on Wednesday. Assured Guaranty has a 1-year low of $65.39 and a 1-year high of $96.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 0.85 and a quick ratio of 0.96. The company has a market capitalization of $4.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.91 and a beta of 1.10. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $82.61 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $79.57.

Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 11th. The financial services provider reported $2.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.42 by $1.00. The company had revenue of $269.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $202.57 million. Assured Guaranty had a return on equity of 11.58% and a net margin of 70.37%. The firm’s revenue was down 33.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.42 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Assured Guaranty

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Gladius Capital Management LP bought a new position in shares of Assured Guaranty during the 3rd quarter worth $31,000. New Covenant Trust Company N.A. bought a new position in shares of Assured Guaranty during the 1st quarter worth $35,000. Assetmark Inc. grew its position in shares of Assured Guaranty by 66.6% during the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 493 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $39,000 after buying an additional 197 shares in the last quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of Assured Guaranty during the 2nd quarter worth $46,000. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Assured Guaranty by 183.8% during the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 596 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $47,000 after buying an additional 386 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.22% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Assured Guaranty

In related news, Director Yukiko Omura sold 3,599 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $79.73, for a total transaction of $286,948.27. Following the sale, the director now owns 19,285 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,537,593.05. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. In related news, Director Yukiko Omura sold 3,599 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $79.73, for a total transaction of $286,948.27. Following the sale, the director now owns 19,285 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,537,593.05. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Dominic Frederico sold 31,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $80.01, for a total value of $2,480,310.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 1,380,119 shares in the company, valued at $110,423,321.19. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 5.10% of the company’s stock.

Assured Guaranty Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 22nd will be issued a dividend of $0.31 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 22nd. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.39%. Assured Guaranty’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 9.63%.

Assured Guaranty Company Profile

Assured Guaranty Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides credit protection products to public finance, infrastructure, and structured finance markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: Insurance and Asset Management. The company offers financial guaranty insurance that protects holders of debt instruments and other monetary obligations from defaults in scheduled payments.