American Equity Investment Life (AEL) Competitors

$56.47
+0.31 (+0.55%)
(As of 05/2/2024)

AEL vs. LNC, CNO, NWLI, PRI, FG, JXN, BHF, GNW, VOYA, and GL

Should you be buying American Equity Investment Life stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Equity Investment Life include Lincoln National (LNC), CNO Financial Group (CNO), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Primerica (PRI), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Jackson Financial (JXN), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Genworth Financial (GNW), Voya Financial (VOYA), and Globe Life (GL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

American Equity Investment Life vs.

Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) and American Equity Investment Life (NYSE:AEL) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Lincoln National currently has a consensus price target of $28.40, suggesting a potential downside of 3.09%. American Equity Investment Life has a consensus price target of $55.33, suggesting a potential downside of 2.01%. Given Lincoln National's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Equity Investment Life is more favorable than Lincoln National.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lincoln National
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.91
American Equity Investment Life
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Lincoln National had 27 more articles in the media than American Equity Investment Life. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Lincoln National and 1 mentions for American Equity Investment Life. Lincoln National's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat American Equity Investment Life's score of 0.17 indicating that American Equity Investment Life is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lincoln National
4 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
American Equity Investment Life
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Lincoln National pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. American Equity Investment Life pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Lincoln National pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Equity Investment Life pays out 17.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Lincoln National received 57 more outperform votes than American Equity Investment Life when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.10% of users gave American Equity Investment Life an outperform vote while only 51.49% of users gave Lincoln National an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lincoln NationalOutperform Votes
484
51.49%
Underperform Votes
456
48.51%
American Equity Investment LifeOutperform Votes
427
58.10%
Underperform Votes
308
41.90%

Lincoln National has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Equity Investment Life has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

72.8% of Lincoln National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of American Equity Investment Life shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Lincoln National shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of American Equity Investment Life shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

American Equity Investment Life has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lincoln National. Lincoln National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Equity Investment Life, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lincoln National$11.65B0.43-$752M$7.314.01
American Equity Investment Life$2.84B1.58$210.53M$2.1426.39

Lincoln National has a net margin of 11.31% compared to Lincoln National's net margin of 7.42%. Lincoln National's return on equity of 25.15% beat American Equity Investment Life's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lincoln National11.31% 19.50% 0.26%
American Equity Investment Life 7.42%25.15%0.84%

Summary

American Equity Investment Life beats Lincoln National on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AEL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AEL vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Equity Investment LifeLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.49B$17.16B$9.23B$17.71B
Dividend Yield0.67%3.06%6.52%3.50%
P/E Ratio26.3910.5750.7822.03
Price / Sales1.581.273,507.8910.05
Price / Cash3.9321.7127.8215.73
Price / Book1.461.343.265.63
Net Income$210.53M$1.02B$999.77M$967.12M
7 Day PerformanceN/A3.15%1.02%1.48%
1 Month Performance1.26%7.40%1.80%0.92%
1 Year Performance43.76%31.44%18.45%112.99%

American Equity Investment Life Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LNC
Lincoln National
4.9001 of 5 stars
$29.13
+0.6%
$28.27
-2.9%
+45.4%$4.95B$11.65B3.9811,024Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.5148 of 5 stars
$27.60
-0.4%
$27.50
-0.4%
+33.1%$3.01B$4.15B8.053,500Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↑
NWLI
National Western Life Group
2.6654 of 5 stars
$489.55
-0.1%
N/A+86.6%$1.78B$703.35M18.34351Short Interest ↑
PRI
Primerica
4.2329 of 5 stars
$219.34
-1.4%
$245.50
+11.9%
+24.2%$7.61B$2.82B13.813,450Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
2.6429 of 5 stars
$40.44
-2.3%
$47.50
+17.5%
+142.3%$5.10B$4.50B-84.251,165Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
JXN
Jackson Financial
3.6999 of 5 stars
$72.93
+0.9%
$61.80
-15.3%
+160.3%$5.65B$3.16B7.433,840Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
3.5704 of 5 stars
$51.07
+0.7%
$51.14
+0.1%
+12.1%$3.19B$4.12B-2.751,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
GNW
Genworth Financial
3.5352 of 5 stars
$6.62
-0.6%
$7.00
+5.8%
+25.8%$2.91B$7.49B34.822,700Options Volume
Positive News
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.9017 of 5 stars
$73.78
+1.3%
$83.33
+12.9%
+5.0%$7.48B$7.35B10.489,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
GL
Globe Life
4.9944 of 5 stars
$85.26
+5.5%
$114.33
+34.1%
-19.8%$8.02B$5.45B8.143,636Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:AEL) was last updated on 5/11/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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