News headlines about Arlington Asset Investment Corp (NYSE:AI) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Arlington Asset Investment Corp earned a daily sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned media stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 47.132193001583 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the near term.
These are some of the media stories that may have impacted Accern’s scoring:
- The Gap, Inc. (GPS) noted a price change of 1.00% and Arlington Asset Investment Corp. (AI) - Stocks Gallery (stocksgallery.com)
- Stock Performance Check on Shares of Arlington Asset Investment Corp (NYSE:AI) - Jonesboro Recorder (jonesbororecorder.com)
- American Financial Group Keeps Stake in Arlington Asset Investment - Insider Tradings (insidertradings.org)
- Arlington Asset Investment Corp (AI) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts (americanbankingnews.com)
- Janus Capital Group (JNS) & Arlington Asset Investment Corp (AI) Head-To-Head Contrast (americanbankingnews.com)
Arlington Asset Investment Corp (NYSE AI) traded down 0.69% during trading on Friday, hitting $12.93. The stock had a trading volume of 210,254 shares. Arlington Asset Investment Corp has a 12-month low of $12.62 and a 12-month high of $17.13. The company’s market capitalization is $335.53 million. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $13.26 and a 200 day moving average price of $14.10.
Arlington Asset Investment Corp (NYSE:AI) last released its earnings results on Monday, July 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $18.93 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $20.28 million. Arlington Asset Investment Corp had a negative net margin of 115.73% and a negative return on equity of 19.86%. Equities research analysts forecast that Arlington Asset Investment Corp will post $2.31 earnings per share for the current year.
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 31st. Investors of record on Friday, June 30th were paid a dividend of $0.55 per share. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 17.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 28th. Arlington Asset Investment Corp’s payout ratio is currently -146.67%.
A number of analysts have weighed in on AI shares. Singular Research started coverage on Arlington Asset Investment Corp in a research report on Tuesday, August 1st. They issued a “buy” rating and a $14.25 price target for the company. Zacks Investment Research cut Arlington Asset Investment Corp from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 1st. Maxim Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $14.00 price objective (down from $16.00) on shares of Arlington Asset Investment Corp in a research note on Monday, July 24th. ValuEngine lowered Arlington Asset Investment Corp from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 27th. Finally, BidaskClub upgraded Arlington Asset Investment Corp from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. The stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $15.15.
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About Arlington Asset Investment Corp
Arlington Asset Investment Corp. is an investment company. The Company focuses on acquiring and holding a levered portfolio of residential mortgage-backed securities (MBS), consisting of agency MBS and private-label MBS. Agency MBS include residential mortgage pass-through certificates for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a United States Government agency or government-sponsored enterprise (GSE), such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac).
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