Philadelphia Financial Management Of San Francisco buys $30,811,255 Stake in Assured Guaranty Ltd. (AGO)

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (AGO) : Philadelphia Financial Management Of San Francisco scooped up 212,292 additional shares in Assured Guaranty Ltd. during the most recent quarter end , the firm said in a disclosure report filed with the SEC on Aug 15, 2016. The investment management firm now holds a total of 1,134,435 shares of Assured Guaranty Ltd. which is valued at $30,811,255.Assured Guaranty Ltd. makes up approximately 6.64% of Philadelphia Financial Management Of San Francisco’s portfolio.

Other Hedge Funds, Including , First Trust Advisors Lp boosted its stake in AGO in the latest quarter, The investment management firm added 108,312 additional shares and now holds a total of 386,023 shares of Assured Guaranty Ltd. which is valued at $10,654,235. Assured Guaranty Ltd. makes up approx 0.03% of First Trust Advisors Lp’s portfolio. Sg Americas Securities sold out all of its stake in AGO during the most recent quarter. The investment firm sold 4,038 shares of AGO which is valued $108,340.Quantbot Technologies Lp reduced its stake in AGO by selling 305 shares or 2.27% in the most recent quarter. The Hedge Fund company now holds 13,111 shares of AGO which is valued at $351,768. Assured Guaranty Ltd. makes up approx 0.04% of Quantbot Technologies Lp’s portfolio.Nordea Investment Management Ab boosted its stake in AGO in the latest quarter, The investment management firm added 36,765 additional shares and now holds a total of 119,870 shares of Assured Guaranty Ltd. which is valued at $3,151,382. Assured Guaranty Ltd. makes up approx 0.01% of Nordea Investment Management Ab’s portfolio.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. closed down -0.18 points or -0.65% at $27.59 with 4,84,081 shares getting traded on Thursday. Post opening the session at $27.89, the shares hit an intraday low of $27.34 and an intraday high of $27.89 and the price fluctuated in this range throughout the day.Shares ended Thursday session in Red.

On the company’s financial health, Assured Guaranty Ltd. reported $1.03 EPS for the quarter, beating the analyst consensus estimate by $ 0.50 according to the earnings call on Aug 3, 2016. Analyst had a consensus of $0.53. The company had revenue of $372.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts expectations of $284.76 million. The company’s revenue was down -42.7 % compared to the same quarter last year.During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.83 EPS.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. is a holding company. The Company provides through its operating subsidiaries credit protection products to the United States and international public finance including infrastructure and structured finance markets. The Company markets its financial guaranty insurance directly to issuers and underwriters of public finance and structured finance securities as well as to investors. It conducts its financial guaranty business on a direct basis from the following companies: Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. (AGM) Municipal Assurance Corp. (MAC) Assured Guaranty Corp. (AGC) Assured Guaranty (Europe) Ltd. (AGE) and Assured Guaranty Re Ltd. (AG Re). The Company insures obligations issued in the United States. It also offers credit protection through reinsurance. The Company insures and reinsures various types of United States public finance obligations and various non-United States public finance obligations.

By: Robert Richardson

Last Updated: September 7, 2016



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