<div id="readability-page-1"><p>Freddie Mac (OTCMKTS:FMCC - Get Free Report)'s stock price traded down 7.2% on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $4.70 and last traded at $4.80. 3,114,174 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 18% from the average session volume of 2,633,611 shares. The stock had previously closed at $5.17.</p><h2>Wall Street Analyst Weigh In</h2><ul><li>The Ultimate Trump Bump: These Gov't Backed Stocks Are Exploding</li></ul><p>A number of analysts recently commented on the stock. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Freddie Mac to a &#34;hold&#34; rating in a report on Monday, December 15th. Wedbush upgraded shares of Freddie Mac from an &#34;underperform&#34; rating to an &#34;outperform&#34; rating and set a $13.35 target price for the company in a report on Friday, December 12th. BTIG Research assumed coverage on shares of Freddie Mac in a research report on Monday, January 26th. They issued a &#34;buy&#34; rating and a $20.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette &amp; Woods dropped their price target on Freddie Mac from $11.00 to $9.00 and set an &#34;underperform&#34; rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 18th. One investment analyst  has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued  a Buy rating, one  has assigned  a Hold rating and one  has issued  a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Freddie Mac presently has a consensus rating of &#34;Moderate Buy&#34; and an average price target of $16.84.</p><p><b>Get Our Latest Report on FMCC</b></p><h2>Freddie Mac Price Performance</h2><ul><li>Bill Ackman’s Bold Case for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac</li></ul><p>The firm has a market cap of $3.25 billion, a PE ratio of -250.30 and a beta of 1.83. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $7.34 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $9.53. </p><h2>About Freddie Mac</h2> (Get Free Report)<p>Freddie Mac <span>OTCMKTS: FMCC<span></span></span>, officially the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, is a government-sponsored enterprise chartered by Congress in 1970 to enhance liquidity and stability in the U.S. housing finance system. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the company operates under the supervision of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and carries a congressional mandate to support affordable, sustainable homeownership and rental housing markets nationwide.  </p><p>The company's primary business activities involve purchasing mortgage loans from approved lenders, pooling them into mortgage-backed securities (MBS), and guaranteeing the timely payment of principal and interest to investors.</p><h2>Recommended Stories</h2><ul><li>Five stocks we like better than Freddie Mac</li></ul><p><em>This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest reporting and unbiased coverage. Please send any questions or comments about this story to contact@marketbeat.com.</em></p><h2>Should You Invest $1,000 in Freddie Mac Right Now?</h2><p>Before you consider Freddie Mac, you'll want to hear this.</p><p>MarketBeat keeps track of Wall Street's top-rated and best performing research analysts and the stocks they recommend to their clients on a daily basis. MarketBeat has identified the five stocks that top analysts are quietly whispering to their clients to buy now before the broader market catches on... and Freddie Mac wasn't on the list.</p><p>While Freddie Mac currently has a Moderate Buy rating among analysts, top-rated analysts believe these five stocks are better buys.</p><p>View The Five Stocks Here</p>                  </div>

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<p>Freddie Mac (OTCMKTS:FMCC) shares fell 7.2% to $4.80, with trading volume increasing by 18%. Analysts have mixed ratings: Zacks upgraded to "hold", Wedbush to "outperform" with a $13.35 target, while Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered their target to $9.00 with an "underperform" rating. The stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $16.84. Freddie Mac, a government-sponsored enterprise, focuses on enhancing liquidity in the U.S. housing finance system.</p>

Freddie Mac (OTCMKTS:FMCC) Trading Down 7.2% - Time to Sell?