The article notes that AGNC, a mortgage REIT, went public at $20 per share in 2008 and now trades below $9, yet has paid out $51.16 per share in dividends. Reinvesting those dividends would bring a total return of roughly 520%. The share price decline stems largely from constant dilution, as the share count rose from 15 million at the IPO to about 1.26 billion today to fund MBS purchases. The article says the 16.4% forward dividend yield can be sustained as long as the net interest spread, which has hovered around 2%, stays positive, and projects 2026 EPS of $1.56 versus a forward dividend of $1.44 per share. However, it notes that an S&P 500 index fund with reinvested dividends would have returned 669% over the same period, outperforming AGNC.
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