Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp (AGM)

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 9/13/16, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.26, payable on 9/30/16. As a percentage of AGM's recent stock price of $39.92, this dividend works out to approximately 0.65%, so look for shares of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp to trade 0.65% lower — all else being equal — when AGM shares open for trading on 9/13/16.

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In trading on Tuesday, shares of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp's 5.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A were yielding above the 5.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.4688), with shares changing hands as low as $26.60 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 5.42% in the "Financial" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

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On 6/30/16, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp's 6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.375, payable on 7/17/16. As a percentage of AGM.

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp's 6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C were yielding above the 5.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.50), with shares changing hands as low as $26.75 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 5.46% in the "Financial" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

In trading on Thursday, shares of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp's 6.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B were yielding above the 6.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.7188), with shares changing hands as low as $26.31 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 5.49% in the "Financial" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp presently has an excellent rank, in the top 25% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is among the top most "interesting" ideas that merit further research by investors.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 6/13/16, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.26, payable on 6/30/16. As a percentage of AGM's recent stock price of $35.84, this dividend works out to approximately 0.73%, so look for shares of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp to trade 0.73% lower — all else being equal — when AGM shares open for trading on 6/13/16.

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In trading on Tuesday, shares of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp's 5.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A were yielding above the 5.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.4688), with shares changing hands as low as $26.54 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 5.58% in the "Financial" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

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On 3/31/16, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp's 6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.375, payable on 4/17/16. As a percentage of AGM.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 3/17/16, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.26, payable on 3/31/16. As a percentage of AGM's recent stock price of $35.57, this dividend works out to approximately 0.73%, so look for shares of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp to trade 0.73% lower — all else being equal — when AGM shares open for trading on 3/17/16.

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp's 6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.50), with shares changing hands as low as $24.99 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 5.79% in the "Financial" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

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On 12/29/15, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp's 6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.375, payable on 1/17/16. As a percentage of AGM.

In trading on Monday, shares of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp's 6.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B were yielding above the 6.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.7188), with shares changing hands as low as $26.26 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 5.81% in the "Financial" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 12/14/15, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.16, payable on 12/31/15. As a percentage of AGM's recent stock price of $31.00, this dividend works out to approximately 0.52%, so look for shares of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp to trade 0.52% lower — all else being equal — when AGM shares open for trading on 12/14/15.

On 9/30/15, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp's 5.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3672, payable on 10/17/15. As a percentage of AGM.