American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC): Today's Featured Financial Winner

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American Capital Agency (AGNC) pushed the Financial sector higher today making it today's featured financial winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, American Capital Agency rose 93 cents (3%) to $32.13 on average volume. Throughout the day, 6.1 million shares of American Capital Agency exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.4 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $31.41-$32.19 after having opened the day at $31.44 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $31.20. Other companies within the Financial sector that increased today were: Altisource Residential Corporation (RESI), up 22.3%, Carver Bancorp (CARV), up 16.8%, Elbit Imaging (EMITF), up 15.4%, and Jefferson (JFBI), up 9.6%.

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American Capital Agency Corp. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). American Capital Agency has a market cap of $10.74 billion and is part of the real estate industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 13, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 8.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate American Capital Agency a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates American Capital Agency as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity.

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