Why Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s (AGO) Stock Is Down 6.25%

By Michael Rose
August 01, 2026
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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 dip, let’s take a look at some background.

Assured Guaranty Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides credit protection products to public finance and structured finance markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through Insurance and Asset Management segments. The company offers financial guaranty insurance that protects holders of debt instruments and other monetary obligations from defaults in scheduled payments. It also provides specialty insurance and reinsurance on transactions with risk profiles similar to those of its structured finance exposures written in financial guaranty form, as well as offers credit protection through reinsurance. In addition, the company insures and reinsures various the U.S. public finance obligations, such as general obligation, tax-backed bonds, municipal utility, transportation, healthcare, higher education, infrastructure, housing revenue, investor-owned utility, renewable energy, and other public finance bonds. Further, it involved in insuring and reinsuring of non-U.S. public finance obligations comprising regulated utilities, infrastructure finance, sovereign and sub-sovereign, renewable energy bonds, and pooled infrastructure obligations; and the U.S. and non-U.S. structured finance obligations, including residential mortgage-backed securities, life insurance transactions, pooled corporate obligations, and financial products. Additionally, the company offers specialty business, such as diversified real estate, insurance reserve financing and securitizations, pooled corporate obligations, and aircraft residual value insurance (RVI) transactions; and asset management services comprising investment advisory services. It markets its financial guaranty insurance directly to issuers and underwriters of public finance and structured finance securities, as well as to investors. Assured Guaranty Ltd. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

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

As of July 31, 2026, 4:00 PM, CST, Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock price was $82.720.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. is down 1.7% from its previous closing price of $84.150.

During the last market session, Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock traded between $82.290 and $84.550. Currently, there are approximately 44.90 million shares outstanding for Assured Guaranty Ltd..

Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 9.5, which is low compared to the Insurance industry median of 12.9. 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 3.19% so far this month.

During the month of July, Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock price has reached a high of $86.940 and a low of $80.540.

Over the last year, Assured Guaranty Ltd. has hit prices as high as $92.395 and as low as $72.760. Year to date, Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock is down 7.96%.

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

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 July 31, 2026, there were 0 analysts who downgraded Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock and 1 analyst 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 July 31, 2026, Assured Guaranty Ltd. has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of -3.79%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 40 and is considered to be Weak.

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Assured Guaranty Ltd. Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of July 31, 2026, Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s stock price is $82.720, which is down 1.7% 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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