AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCM) Short Interest Down 52.5% in December

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCM) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,800 shares, a decrease of 52.5% from the November 30th total of 8,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 17,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

AGNC Investment Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of AGNCM stock opened at $25.52 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $25.19 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $25.19. AGNC Investment has a 52 week low of $23.51 and a 52 week high of $25.85.

AGNC Investment Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 1st will be given a dividend of $0.5904 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 9.25%.

About AGNC Investment

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.