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American Capital Agency Corp. Q4 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptMon, Feb 8, 2010
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American Capital Agency Q4 2008 Shareholder CallThu, Feb 5, 2009
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PR Newswire (May 16, 2013)
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AGNC vs. ETF Alternatives
Company Description
American Capital Agency Corp. was organized on January 7, 2008, and commenced operations on May 20, 2008 following the completion of our initial public offering (“IPO”). In connection with the IPO, we sold ten million shares of our common stock at $20.00 per share for net proceeds of $186... More
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- Friday, May 3, 4:13 PM More on American Capital Mortgage Investment (MTGE) Q1 earnings: Like sister company AGNC (also with Gary Kain as CIO), MTGE reports a big mark-to-market loss ($1.66/share) on agency MBS. Loss partially offset by $0.64 gain on non-agency holdings. Spread income of $0.62 - NIM of 2.01%, off 6 bps from Q4. Book value of $24.25/share, down 5.8% from Dec. 31. Shares -2.3% AH after 3.5% loss in regular session. (PR) 20 Comments [Earnings, Financials, On the Move]
- Thursday, May 2, 4:19 PM More on American Capital Agency (AGNC) Q1 earnings: Comprehensive loss of $1.57/share includes $0.64 of net income and $2.21 loss on marked-to-market investments. Book value dives to $28.93 from $31.64 on Dec. 31. CIO Kain: "Specified mortgage securities also materially underperformed ... (and) led to the decline in our book value." Shares -2.4% to $32.32 AH. (PR) 15 Comments [Earnings, Financials]
- Thursday, May 2, 4:09 PM American Capital Agency (AGNC): Q1 "comprehensive" EPS of -$1.57 may not be comparable to profit estimate of $1.08. Shares -1.8% AH. (PR) 16 Comments [Earnings, Financials, Breaking News]
- Thursday, May 2, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday’s close: ACLS, ACTV, ADNC, AGNC, AIG, ALSK, AREX, ARNA, ATHN, BBG, BCOR, BERY, BRKR, CBI, CNQ, DNB, DOLE, DRIV, EGO, ELON, ELX, FBHS, FLR, FLT, GEOS, GHDX, GILD, GMED, GTY, HAIN, HI, HMA, HTGC, INVN, KOG, KRFT, LNKD, MKH, MTZ, MYL, NBIX, NFG, NILE, NSR, ONNN, OPEN, PKT, PWER, QLGC, SKUL, SPF, SPWR, SWN, TDC, THOR, TPX, TSYS, TTMI, WTW, WWWW, XL, ZAGG Comment! [Earnings]
- Wednesday, May 1, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Thursday’s close: ACLS, ACTV, ADNC, AGNC, AIG, ALSK, AREX, ARNA, ATHN, BBG, BCOR, BERY, BRKR, CBI, CNQ, DNB, DOLE, DRIV, EGO, ELON, ELX, FBHS, FLR, FLT, GEOS, GHDX, GILD, GMED, GTY, HAIN, HI, HMA, HTGC, INVN, KOG, KRFT, LNKD, MKH, MTZ, MYL, NBIX, NFG, NILE, NSR, ONNN, OPEN, PKT, PWER, QLGC, SKUL, SPF, SPWR, SWN, TDC, THOR, TPX, TSYS, TTMI, WTW, WWWW, XL, ZAGG Comment! [Earnings]
- Monday, February 11, 10:25 AM American Capital Mortgage (MTGE +4.5%) gains after Friday evening's earnings. The $25.74 Dec. 31 book value is up $0.53 from Q3, with share repurchases accounting for $0.02 of that. With less than 10% of the portfolio in non-agency MBS, the company is somehow maintaining a healthy net interest margin - 188 bps vs. 190 in Q3. Company CIO is Gary Kain (also of AGNC). (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials, On the Move]
- Thursday, February 7, 4:30 PM More on American Capital Agency (AGNC) Q4 earnings: Book value of $31.64, down 2.6% from Q3. As comparison Annaly BV dropped 4.5%, CYS by 7.9%. 7.0X leverage as of Dec. 31. Net interest spread rises 24 bps to 1.63, management taking advantage of favorable financing in the TBA dollar roll market. 2.7M shares repurchased (less than 1% of the float) at average of $29/share. Shares off a hair AH. (PR) 5 Comments [Earnings, Financials]
- Thursday, February 7, 4:04 PM American Capital Agency (AGNC): Q4 EPS of $2.37 may not be comparable to estimates of $0.94. Comprehensive income of $0.36/share (the $2.37/share net income, less $2.01/share unrealized mark-to-market losses); $0.89/share net spread income. Net book value of $31.64/common share. (PR) 2 Comments [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
- Thursday, February 7, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday’s close: AGNC, ALNY, ASYS, ATHN, ATVI, AVNR, CSTR, DCT, FLT, G, HAS, LNKD, MCHP, NCR, NFG, NUAN, OPEN, PRI, RGC, RSG, RVBD, SNCR, SPWR, TSRA, UBNT, WWWW, XL Comment! [Earnings]
- Wednesday, February 6, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Thursday’s close: AGNC, ALNY, ASYS, ATHN, ATVI, AVNR, CSTR, DCT, FLT, G, HAS, LNKD, MCHP, NCR, NFG, NUAN, OPEN, PRI,RGC, RSG, RVBD, SNCR, SPWR, TSRA, UBNT, WWWW, XL Comment! [Earnings]
- Wednesday, January 30, 5:36 PM More on Capstead Mortgage (CMO) Q4 earnings: Net interest margin declines 17 bps to a barely visible 1.13%. The 2.2% fall in book value may not bode well for fixed-rate agency REITs. Company repurchased $35M worth of shares in Q4 after $100M authorization on Oct. 30. "We expect 2013 results will be more stable," says Capstead, noting most of the mortgages it holds have rates below prevailing fixed mortgage rates. Shares -0.4% AH. Conference call tomorrow at 9 ET. (PR) 2 Comments [Earnings, Financials]
- Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 4:52 PM American Capital Mortgage Investment (MTGE): Q3 EPS of $4.03. Book value/share of $25.21, up $3.13 from Q2's end (today's close, $24.93). The board authorizes a share repurchase program of up to $50M, about 5.5% of the float. Shares +1.6% AH. (PR) 3 Comments [Earnings, Financials]
- Monday, October 29, 2012, 2:39 PM More on American Capital Agency (AGNC) Q3 earnings: Book value of $32.49/share up from $29.41 last quarter. Average asset yield dipped 18 bps to 2.55%, and cost of funds increased 5 bps to 1.13%, dropping net interest spread to 1.42% from 1.65%. Constant prepayment rate of just 9%, down 100 basis points from Q2, and maybe at or near an industry low. As reported earlier, the board tries to draw a line in the sand on the stock price, authorizing a $500M share repurchase - about 5% of the float. (PR) 12 Comments [Earnings, Financials]
- Monday, October 29, 2012, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Monday’s close: AGNC, APC, ARCT, AUY, BIDU, CRUS, FLS, FMC, FST, GEOY, HLF, HTZ, LEG, LIFE, MAS, MNKD, OII, PMCS, SCCO, VRTX, XCO Comment! [Earnings]
- Sunday, October 28, 2012, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Monday’s close: AGNC, APC, ARCT, AUY, BIDU, CRUS, FLS, FMC, FST, GEOY, HLF, HTZ, LEG, LIFE, MAS, MNKD, OII, PMCS, SCCO, VRTX, XCO 1 Comment [Earnings]
- Thursday, August 2, 2012, 4:25 PM More on American Capital Agency (AGNC): Annualized ROE of 22% in Q2 - dividend of $1.25/share plus $0.35/share gain in book value. Net interest spread of 1.65%, down 66 bps from Q1. Leverage ratio of 7.6:1, down from 8.4:1 in Q1 (as comparison, Annaly is 6.1:1). $78B portfolio - $322M raised through offerings in Q2. At $35.04, shares trade at 19% premium to BV. Shares -0.3% AH. (PR) 13 Comments [Earnings, Financials]
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Albert Alfonso
$CYS, $MTGE, $AGNC are all cheap at these levels and are trading at large discounts to BV - View all 2 replies
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Dividend Living: I havnt seen these discounts to book value since november 2012. BV fears from rising rates are overblown just like spread fears in november -
obendezu: weak labor data pulls the s&p down and so AGNC an other stocks... but this very labor data will cause the fed to continue its QE!
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NickS2001: still looking at a 8.5% yield based on that price. That's still a respectable yield. -
NickS2001: I might pick some up tomorrow. I have an inkling we'll see a flat day tomorrow or more down.
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Packrat1987
$AGNC NAV shooting higher today on dovish comments, agency mbs pricing much higher. Too bad $agnc shareholders don't understand that. - View all 1 replies
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jmodrkrk: crazy mixed signals out there...."BV is down! Sell! But the spread is improving! Buy!", and vice versa. Gotta decide whats more important!
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NickS2001: still looking at a 8.5% yield based on that price. That's still a respectable yield.
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NickS2001: I might pick some up tomorrow. I have an inkling we'll see a flat day tomorrow or more down.
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Packrat1987
$AGNC NAV shooting higher today on dovish comments, agency mbs pricing much higher. Too bad $agnc shareholders don't understand that. - View all 1 replies
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jmodrkrk: crazy mixed signals out there...."BV is down! Sell! But the spread is improving! Buy!", and vice versa. Gotta decide whats more important!
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Mike Maher
With $AGNC trading likely at or below BV, the possibility of an offering are greatly reduced. They may even be buying back shares down here - View all 5 replies
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NickS2001: Yeah, agreed. As tempting as it is I'll avoid for now and enjoy the ride. :)
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soboroboro24
what to do $AGNC $ACAS $WMC what to do cut the loses an run or stick hope for a recuperation - View all 7 replies
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mrmedusa: I'll give you the government answer to that- well, yes and no.
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Pkan51: The 15% just look too good to be true even if the price will never go up again.
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YellowLab1: Added to already oversized position today. Dividend likely stable at least two more quarters. On today's drop distribution nearly 17 % -
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