AGO - Assured Guaranty Ltd.
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- Short Term2W - 6W
- Mid Term6W - 9M
- Long Term9M+
| Previous Close | 22.57 |
| Open | 22.50 |
| Bid | 22.92 x 800 |
| Ask | 22.94 x 800 |
| Day's Range | 22.41 - 23.40 |
| 52 Week Range | 13.64 - 50.77 |
| Volume | 624,479 |
| Avg. Volume | 918,408 |
| Market Cap | 1.983B |
| Beta (5Y Monthly) | 1.23 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 7.60 |
| EPS (TTM) | 3.00 |
| Earnings Date | Aug 05, 2020 - Aug 10, 2020 |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | 0.80 (3.54%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | May 19, 2020 |
| 1y Target Est | 54.00 |
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Assured Guaranty Ltd. to Report First Quarter 2020 Financial Results on May 7, 2020
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After historic sell-off this month, the last thing many investors want to do is buy stocks. They’ve just ridden a wild roller coaster, and their tolerance for risk has fallen alongside their precious portfolios. After Monday’s devastating losses in the markets, the S&P 500 regained about half of Monday’s loss. It was a good sign, but investors will need to see more days like that in order to regain confidence. In the meantime, what they’ve gotten is today’s 5% loss.Underneath it all, there are some hopeful signs. True, we’re in a genuine bear market now, but when markets make moves of this magnitude, there is opportunity – whether those moves are up or down. And finding the profitable chances is what investing is all about.Following corporate insiders is a clear strategy for finding stocks that are upwardly mobile. Insiders – the company officers who manage the money and are responsible to shareholders for the fate of the stock – have a unique perspective on their companies’ stocks. They are privy to knowledge that the rest of us simply haven’t got, and they can use that knowledge when they make their own stock purchases. To keep a fair field, Federal requires such insiders to publicly report their stock transactions – both buys and sells.The result is a record of stock acquisitions by the insiders – that can give investors signs about particular companies. We’ve used the TipRanks Hot Insiders’ Stocks tool to track these purchases, and have picked out three that show strong buy-side signals. Let's take a closer look.TPG Specialty Lending (TSLX)We’ll start our list with a company in the finance industry, TGP Specialty Lending. This company provides lending and financing support for a wide range middle market companies that have limited resources for capital access. TGP gives its customers solutions for funding complex business models.In recent months, TGP insiders have bought up nearly $600K worth of company stock, skewing the insider sentiment here strongly positive. The largest single purchase was by Steven Pluss, a company VP, who spent $260,000 buying a block of 15,000 shares earlier this month.The company has used its earnings to keep up its dividend payments. The annualized payment of $1.64 gives a yield of 10.9%, much better than can be found in the bond market, and more than 5x higher than the average dividend yield among publicly traded companies. TSLX has a history of interspersing regular dividends with special payments.Covering this stock for Wells Fargo, analyst Finian O’Shea sees a strong upside in the near future. O’Shea writes, “The value-add provided though highly structured and idiosyncratic deals is still under-appreciated, and perhaps highlighted by TSLX’ best-in-class-peers now showing non-accruals. Moreover, we see that TSLX should receive a richer valuation for preserving a defensive and opportunistic financial position at this market stage.”O’Shea’s $23.50 price target supports the Buy rating, implying an upside of 80% from current levels. (To watch O’Shea’s track record, click here)Christopher York, of JMP Securities, is another bull, rating TSLX shares a Buy with a $22.50 price target. In his comments on TSLX, York says, “We believe the historical track record, quality of the investment portfolio & platform, and shareholder governance and best practices should continue to result in superior total returns relative to benchmarks and the company's expansion in leverage could lead to a recurring return in the low teens.” (To watch York’s track record, click here)Overall, this stock holds a Strong Buy from the analyst consensus, based on 5 Buy-side reviews against a single Hold. 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Further, NCR has little exposure to China (either end-market or production), ample liquidity ($1.2B), and modest leverage (2.9x net leverage); and its insiders recently purchased ~158K shares with personal funds."All in all, NCR currently holds a Moderate Buy rating from the analyst consensus, based on an even split in the reviews: 2 Buys and 2 Holds. The stock is selling for a low $11.78, while the average price target of $34.50 suggests room for 193% upside growth this year. (See NCR stock analysis on TipRanks)Assured Guaranty (AGO)We’ll wrap this list with a holding company controlling credit protection products. Assured Guaranty’s subsidiaries offer solutions for principal and interest payments on municipal and public infrastructure, and on structured financings. The company has offices in San Francisco and New York, as well as London and Bermuda.In the first half of this month – and since the coronavirus epidemic has impacted markets – AGO’s Chief Information Office, Andrew Feldstein, has made no fewer than three major share purchases in the company. His buys have averaged $1.5 million each, and have totaled over 121,000 shares. These recent purchases have sent a strong positive signal on the stock, and boosted Feldstein’s total holdings to 627,466 shares.Meanwhile, AGO pays out 20 cents per share quarterly, or 80 cents annualized, and the yield of 2.8% is almost 50% higher than the average stock dividend. The payout ratio is low – at just 24%, it indicates that the company can easily afford to sustain the payment at current income levels. AGO has raised the dividend three times in the past three years.BTIG analyst Giuliano Bologna recently reiterated his Buy rating on this stock, setting a $66 price target for the coming year. His target implies room for 148% growth in the stock. (To watch Bologna’s track record, click here)Bologna explains his optimism in his clear comments on the stock: “We believe shares of AGO are well positioned to outperform between the company’s ability to continue repurchasing ~$500M of shares at a discount, strong new business growth and potential earnings upside from the company’s asset management segment going forward.”Also upbeat on AGO is 5-star analyst Harry Fong of MKM Partners: “As with the other financial guarantors that we follow, earnings in the short term is not all that significant to how we value the shares. The major surprise in the quarter was new business as represented by PVP which was the best it has been in the past 10 years. 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- Moody's
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