High Yielding ARMOUR Residential and American Capital Agency Falling Out of Favor - Investors Turn to Growth
08 Février 2012 - 2:20PM
Marketwired
With the S&P 500 skyrocketing in the early stages of 2012,
investors are shifting away from dividend-paying stocks. According
to a recent article from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), dividend
payers often are not perceived to have the same potential for
earnings and revenue growth as smaller firms. "When the rest of the
market is booming, dividend payers are often lagging behind the
crowd," the WSJ argues. Five Star Equities examines the outlook for
diversified REITs and provides investment research on American
Capital Agency Corporation (NASDAQ: AGNC) and ARMOUR Residential
REIT, Inc. (NYSE: ARR). Access to the full company reports can be
found at:
www.fivestarequities.com/AGNC
www.fivestarequities.com/ARR
In 2012, non-dividend-paying stocks on the Standard and Poor's
500 are up more than eight percent, while dividend payers are down
approximately 1.3 percent and the index as a whole is up close to
five percent, data from Bespoke Investment Group finds.
While it is possible that dividend stocks could trail this year,
Jack Ablin, chief investment officer of Harris Private Bank, told
Reuters that "long term, dividends have accounted for nearly half
of the S&P 500 investors' total return." Last year, dividends
accounted for all 2 percent of the S&P 500 index's total
return, according to an article from Reuters.
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Earlier this week American Capital Agency announced that its
Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $1.25 per share
for the first quarter 2012. The dividend is payable on April 27,
2012 to common shareholders of record as of March 7, 2012, with an
ex-dividend date of March 5, 2012. "At its current level, the $1.25
per share dividend represents a dividend yield of approximately
17%," Gary Kain, AGNC President and Chief Investment Officer
explains.
ARMOUR Residential REIT presently pays an annual dividend of
$1.32 per share for a hefty yield of around 18.8 percent. Last week
the company announced that it has priced an underwritten public
offering of 26,000,000 shares of common stock.
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