Assured Guaranty Ltd [AGO] stock prices are up 4.67% to $82.08 at the moment. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The AGO shares have gain 6.53% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.40%, 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.
The stock price of Assured Guaranty Ltd [AGO] has been fluctuating between $49.84 and $96.60 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $84 within the next 12 months. Assured Guaranty Ltd [NYSE: AGO] shares were valued at $82.08 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 2.34% based on the average AGO price forecast.
Analyzing the AGO fundamentals
The Assured Guaranty Ltd [NYSE:AGO] reported sales of 877.00M for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 8.68%. 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 80.19 points at the first support level, and at 78.30 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 83.40, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 84.72.
Assured Guaranty Ltd [AGO] reported earnings per share of $5.75 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/31/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $1.18/share, meaning a difference of $4.57 and a surprise factor of 387.30%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/30/2023 were $3.42 per share as compared to estimates of $1.05 per share, a difference of $2.37 representing a surprise of 225.70%.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Assured Guaranty Ltd [NYSE:AGO]’s Current Ratio is 11.43. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.20, the price to book ratio is 0.80 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 6.29.
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.
