4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: American Capital Agency
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, mortgage REIT American Capital Agency (NAS: AGNC) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at American Capital Agency and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
American Capital Agency facts
Headquarters (founded) | Bethesda, Md. (2008) |
Market Cap | $9.7 billion |
Industry | Mortgage REIT |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $1.4 billion |
Management | Chairman/CEO Malon Wilkus |
Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity | 21.2% |
Cash/Debt | $5.6 billion / $74.5 billion |
Dividend Yield | 15.4% |
Competitors | Anworth Mortgage Asset |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 817 members who have rated American Capital Agency believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this month, one of those Fools, WealthLift, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
AGNC is in the upper crust of the bullish mREIT sector fueled by the current low interest rate environment. It is the best mREIT of the bunch because of: (1) its lower than average prepayment rate, (2) superb Funds from Operations (FFO) growth, and (3) undervalued P/FFO multiples.
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