Analyzing Assured Guaranty Ltd (AGO)’s Gross, Operating, Pretax, and Net Margins

A share price of Assured Guaranty Ltd [AGO] is currently trading at $76.26, down -1.09%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The AGO shares have lost -4.15% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -16.71%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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From an analyst’s perspective:

Assured Guaranty Ltd [NYSE: AGO] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 01, 2024, when Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform and also boosted its price target to $92 from $75. Previously, Compass Point started tracking the stock with Buy rating on November 28, 2022, and set its price target to $84. On April 05, 2022, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $65 on the stock. Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform. MKM Partners reiterated a Buy rating for this stock on November 16, 2015, and upped its price target to $40. In a note dated November 10, 2015, UBS reiterated an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $31 to $33.

Assured Guaranty Ltd experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $49.84 and $96.60. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $84 within the next 12 months. Assured Guaranty Ltd [NYSE: AGO] shares were valued at $76.26 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 10.15% based on the average AGO price forecast.

Analyzing the AGO fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Assured Guaranty Ltd [NYSE:AGO] were 858.00M which represents 12.68% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.86% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.5%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.53%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.61%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.14 and Total Capital is 0.05. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.3.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 75.28 points at the first support level, and at 74.31 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 77.88, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 79.51.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Assured Guaranty Ltd [NYSE:AGO] is 10.16. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.93, the price to book ratio is 0.75 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 6.10.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved FREDERICO DOMINIC, President/CEO/Deputy Chairman, that happened on Mar 20 ’24 when 55000.0 shares were sold. Director, BUHL G LAWRENCE completed a deal on Dec 15 ’23 to sell 2500.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Credit Officer Donnarumma Stephen sold 15000.0 shares on Dec 08 ’23.

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