Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate Assured Guaranty Ltd. before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock price such as:

• Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s current stock price and volume
• Why Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for AGO from analysts
• AGO’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Assured Guaranty Ltd. (AGO)

Before we jump into Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently rise, let’s take a look at some background.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. is a Bermuda-based holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the Company provides credit enhancement products to the United States and non-United States public finance, infrastructure and structured finance markets. The Company also participates in the asset management business through its ownership interest in Sound Point Capital Management, LP and certain of its investment management affiliates. Its segments include Insurance and Asset Management. Through its insurance subsidiaries, the Company applies its credit underwriting judgment, risk management skills and capital markets experience primarily to offer financial guaranty insurance that protects holders of debt instruments and other monetary obligations from defaults in scheduled payments. Asset management segment serves as an investment advisor to primarily collateralized loan obligations and opportunity funds, through Assured Investment Management LLC and its investment management affiliates.

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Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of September 13, 2024, 4:00 PM, CST, Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock price was $80.18.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. is up 4.06% from its previous closing price of $77.05.

During the last market session, Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock traded between $76.32 and $77.70. Currently, there are 54.10 million shares of Assured Guaranty Ltd. stock available for purchase.

Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 6.2, which is low compared to the Insurance - Property & Casualty industry median of 13.6. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. Stock Price History

Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s (AGO) price is currently up 0.12% so far this month.

During the month of September, Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock price has reached a high of $82.00 and a low of $75.10.

Over the last year, Assured Guaranty Ltd. has hit prices as high as $96.60 and as low as $58.27. Year to date, Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock is up 28.78%.

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What Caused Assured Guaranty Ltd. Stock’s Price to Rise?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of September 12, 2024, there were 4 analysts who downgraded Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock and 0 analysts who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a B, which means it is considered to be Value.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Assured Guaranty Ltd. (AGO) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Assured Guaranty Ltd.

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of September 12, 2024, Assured Guaranty Ltd. has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of 0.60%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 66 and is considered to be Strong.

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Assured Guaranty Ltd. Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of September 13, 2024, Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock price is $80.18, which is up 4.06% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Assured Guaranty Ltd. stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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