AGNC, the world's second-largest mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT), has a forward dividend yield of 16.2% and has paid continuous dividends since its May 2008 IPO. Its profits rely mainly on short-term repo borrowing to buy longer-term mortgage-backed securities, so its book value falls when interest rates rise, as it did by 38% in 2022. The Fed held rates steady for most of 2026 amid the Iran war and inflation before raising them again in September, leaving book value at $7.13 per share by the end of the third quarter. Net spread and dollar roll income for the first nine months of 2026 reached $1.19 per share, while annual dividends stand at $1.44 per share, barely covered, and the article warns AGNC could be forced to cut its dividend if rates rise again. The dividend has been cut nine times since the IPO, from $5.60 per share in 2010–2011; reinvesting dividends would give a total return of about 520%, still below the S&P 500's 671%.
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