NYSE: AGO
- Last Close 60.52
- Sector Financial Services
- Industry Insurance - Specialty
- Investment Style Small Blend
- Day Range 60.44 – 61.97
- Year Range 45.21 – 67.13
- Market Cap 3.5471 Bil
- Volume / Avg 229,644.0 / 244,737.9
- Price / Sales 4.04
- Price / Book 0.68
- Forward Div Yield 2.06%
- Trailing Div Yield 1.80%
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Company Profile AGO
Business Description
Assured Guaranty Ltd. provides credit protection products to the United States and international public finance and structured finance markets, and manages assets across collateralized loan obligations as well as opportunity funds and liquid strategy funds that build on its corporate credit, asset-based finance, municipal and healthcare experience. The company is operating in two segments Insurance segment and the Asset Management segment. The majority of the revenue earned by the company is from the Insurance segment.
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Price
| 60.52 | — | 7.21 | 47.29 |
Currency
| USD | — | USD | USD |
Change
| −$1.34 (2.17%) | — | −$0.10 (1.37%) | −$1.03 (2.13%) |
Market Cap
| 3.55 Bil | — | 374.45 Mil | 5.06 Bil |
Industry
| Insurance - Specialty | Credit Services | Insurance - Specialty | Insurance - Specialty |
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FAQs for Assured Guaranty Ltd Stock
Yes. AGO has a forward dividend yield of 1.85%.
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AGO’s full dividends and stock split history
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Dividend yield allows investors, particularly those interested in dividend-paying stocks,
to compare the relationship between a stock’s price and how it rewards stockholders through dividends.
The formula for calculating dividend yield is to divide the annual dividend paid per share by the stock price.
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AGO’s market cap is 3.55 Bil.
Market capitalization is calculated by taking a company’s share price and multiplying it by the total number of shares.
It’s often used to measure a company’s size. In the Morningstar Style Box, large-cap names account for the
largest 70% of U.S. stocks, mid-cap names account for the largest 70–90%, and small-cap names are the remaining 10% of companies.
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AGO’s stock style is Small Core.
Style is an investment factor that has a meaningful impact on investment risk and returns.
Style is calculated by combining value and growth scores, which are first individually calculated.
High-growth stocks tend to represent the technology, healthcare, and communications sectors. They rarely distribute dividends to shareholders, opting for reinvestment in their businesses. More value-oriented stocks tend to represent financial services, utilities, and energy stocks. These are established companies that reliably pay dividends.
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AGO’s price/sales is 4.04.
Price/sales represents the amount an investor is willing to pay for a dollar generated from
a particular company’s sales or revenues.
AGO’s price/forward earnings is 12.01.
Forward P/E gives some indication of how cheap or expensive a stock is compared with consensus earnings estimates.
The lower the Forward P/E, the cheaper the stock.
AGO’s price/book is 0.68.
Price/book ratio can tell investors approximately how much they’re paying for a company’s assets,
based on historical, rather than current, valuations. Historical valuations generally do not reflect
a company’s current market value. Value investors frequently look for companies that have low price/book ratios.
See AGO’s valuation ratios compared to the Market Index.
AGO’s beta can be found in Trading Information at the top of this page.
A stock’s beta measures how closely tied its price movements have been to the performance of the overall market.
Compare AGO’s historical performance against its industry peers and the overall market.