Assured Guaranty Ltd. (AGO): Price and Financial Metrics

AGO POWR Grades

• AGO scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 96.11% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for AGO is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• AGO ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 15th percentile.

AGO Stock Summary

• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, ASSURED GUARANTY LTD is reporting a growth rate of 54.92%; that's higher than 83.08% of US stocks.
• Revenue growth over the past 12 months for ASSURED GUARANTY LTD comes in at 92.8%, a number that bests 94.99% of the US stocks we're tracking.
• Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for AGO comes in at 12.75% -- higher than that of 85.96% of stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to ASSURED GUARANTY LTD, a group of peers worth examining would be ULH, NXST, BYD, MOS, and KEX.
• Visit AGO's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.assuredguaranty.com.

AGO Valuation Summary

• AGO's price/sales ratio is 2.9; this is 190% higher than that of the median Financial Services stock.
• Over the past 239 months, AGO's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.4.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AGO.

AGO Growth Metrics

Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -14.39%.
• Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -2394.17%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at -18.81%.

AGO's revenue has moved down $269,000,000 over the prior 33 months.

The table below shows AGO's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	694	-1,993	293
2022-06-30	865	-2,782	299
2022-03-31	971	-2,363	444
2021-12-31	848	-1,937	389
2021-09-30	964	-1,981	274
2021-06-30	1,020	-1,357	343

AGO's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• AGO has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 16.58% of graded US stocks.
• AGO's asset turnover comes in at 0.064 -- ranking 117th of 133 Insurance stocks.
• KMPR, UFCS, and TRUP are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with AGO.

The table below shows AGO's key quality metrics over time.