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Company snapshot — Assured Guaranty Ltd

AGO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Assured Guaranty sells insurance that guarantees bond payments, protecting holders when issuers default on scheduled obligations. It works through an insurance arm covering public finance debt such as municipal, infrastructure, transportation and utility bonds, and structured finance exposures including mortgage-backed securities, plus an asset management arm offering investment advice. It also writes specialty cover, including protection on aircraft residual values. The company is based in Hamilton, Bermuda, and trades on a US exchange.
Where it sits in the stack
Assured Guaranty is not part of Rubin, Closelook's index for the AI build-out. It sits in the Financial Services sector of our wider universe, in the Insurance - Specialty industry, alongside other insurers we track outside the chip-and-infrastructure chain.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for this name has not been built. The market usually compares it with MBIA, another monoline bond insurer writing cover on similar public finance and structured obligations.
Why Closelook tracks it
AGO holds a seat in the Russell 1000 index. It carries no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the recent cut to the analyst price target and the run of down sessions mark a lasting change in sentiment, or a pause before shares steady.

Assured Guaranty Ltd (AGO) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for AGO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by UBS, 2026-09-14

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for AGO from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target UBS — target 91 from 94 Target cut to $91 from $94 (+24.8% to spot) 2026-09-14

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Insurance - Specialty · United States · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Insurance - Specialty · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against AGO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.08%, quarterly · last 0.38 USD on 2026-08-20

Dividends and capital return

What AGO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.48 USD per share · a 2.08% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +11.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.33 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.38 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-20
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.28 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.24 USD · 2025: 1.36 USD · 2026: 1.14 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-14

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Assured Guaranty Ltd (AGO)?

Assured Guaranty Ltd trades as AGO on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is AGO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Assured Guaranty Ltd is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does AGO trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -9.3% vs the 50-day and -13% vs the 200-day average, 22.3% below the 52-week high and +0.7% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Assured Guaranty Ltd do?

Assured Guaranty sells insurance that guarantees bond payments, protecting holders when issuers default on scheduled obligations. It works through an insurance arm covering public finance debt such as municipal, infrastructure, transportation and utility bonds, and structured finance exposures including mortgage-backed securities, plus an asset management arm offering investment advice. It also writes specialty cover, including protection on aircraft residual values. Closelook's peer group for this name has not been built. The market usually compares it with MBIA, another monoline bond insurer writing cover on similar public finance and structured obligations.

Where does Assured Guaranty Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

Assured Guaranty is not part of Rubin, Closelook's index for the AI build-out. It sits in the Financial Services sector of our wider universe, in the Insurance - Specialty industry, alongside other insurers we track outside the chip-and-infrastructure chain. AGO holds a seat in the Russell 1000 index. It carries no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.

Does Assured Guaranty Ltd pay a dividend?

Assured Guaranty Ltd has paid 1.48 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.08% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.38 USD on 2026-08-20. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Assured Guaranty Ltd recently?

The most recent analyst action on Assured Guaranty Ltd on the Closelook wire is a price target by UBS on 2026-09-14 (target 91 from 94). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for AGO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Insurance - Specialty, then Financial Services. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.