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Buy American Capital: Compression In Interest Income Will Leave Dividend Unthreatened

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  Published Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:04:45 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
  

  
  

  American Capital Agency (AGNC), with a dividend yield of 15.2%, reported its second quarter performance on August 3, 2012. The company missed consensus analyst estimates by a considerable margin and reported a net loss. Excluding the second quarter's results, and taking into account the seven previous quarters, American Capital maintained a history of beating analyst expectations for revenues and EPS by 9% and 25%, respectively. The table below demonstrates how the company missed expectations for the second quarter for both revenues and earnings. The company reported a top line of $348 million, which was 7% below estimates of $414 million. The loss per share of $0.88 is against the consensus expectations of EPS of $0.86. Compared to the second quarter loss, in Q1 the company reported EPS of $2.66, exceeding analyst estimates by over 100%. (Click to enlarge) Sequential Financial Comparison Interest income decline 2% to $504 million, due to... Read more
  

  Stock name									ISIN	Last trade		P/E	Earnings/Share	Dividend/Share	Dividend yield
  AMERICAN CAPITAL AGENCY									US02503X1054	28.29		12.0	2.38	5.00	17.67

  
  

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