AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCO) Short Interest Up 287.6% in January

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCO) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 50,000 shares, a growth of 287.6% from the December 31st total of 12,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 44,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days.

AGNC Investment Price Performance

NASDAQ:AGNCO opened at $25.41 on Thursday. AGNC Investment has a 1 year low of $24.01 and a 1 year high of $25.69. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $25.39 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $25.19.

AGNC Investment Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 1st were paid a dividend of $0.6326 per share. This is an increase from AGNC Investment’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.41. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $2.53 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 9.96%.

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.