American Equity Investment Life Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Equity Investment Life in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" American Equity Investment Life stock.
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American Equity Investment Life saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 28th, there was short interest totaling 2,570,000 shares, an increase of 20.1% from the May 13th total of 2,140,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 548,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.7 days. Approximately 2.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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American Equity Investment Life is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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American Equity Investment Life Holding (NYSE:AEL) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 4th. The financial services provider reported $0.43 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.16. The financial services provider had revenue of $497.19 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $491.14 million. American Equity Investment Life had a net margin of 19.17% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.56%.
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American Equity Investment Life's stock was trading at $20.26 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AEL stock has increased by 51.1% and is now trading at $30.61.
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American Equity Investment Life declared an annual dividend on Tuesday, November 17th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Thursday, December 10th. This represents a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 24th. This is a positive change from American Equity Investment Life's previous annual dividend of $0.30.
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American Equity Investment Life pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.00%. The dividend payout ratio of American Equity Investment Life is 7.75%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, American Equity Investment Life will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.69% next year. This indicates that American Equity Investment Life will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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7 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for American Equity Investment Life's shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect American Equity Investment Life's stock price to reach $33.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% from the stock's current price.
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2 employees have rated American Equity Investment Life CEO Anant Bhalla on Glassdoor.com. Anant Bhalla has an approval rating of 100% among American Equity Investment Life's employees. This puts Anant Bhalla in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to American Equity Investment Life include MetLife (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU), Aflac (AFL), Lincoln National (LNC), Primerica (PRI), Unum Group (UNM), CNO Financial Group (CNO), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Independence (IHC), Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI) and Citizens (CIA).
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American Equity Investment Life trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AEL."

American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.41%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.36%), River Road Asset Management LLC (3.29%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (2.85%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (2.37%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.85%). Company insiders that own American Equity Investment Life stock include Alonzo A J J Strickland, Anant Bhalla, David S Mulcahy, Debra J Richardson, Gerard D Neugent, Jeffrey D Lorenzen, John M Matovina, Joyce Ann Chapman, Robert L Howe and Ted Morris Johnson.
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AEL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Northern Trust Corp, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Millennium Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Company insiders that have sold American Equity Investment Life company stock in the last year include Gerard D Neugent, John M Matovina, Joyce Ann Chapman, Robert L Howe, and Ted Morris Johnson.
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AEL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lakewood Capital Management LP, Rubric Capital Management LP, River Road Asset Management LLC, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Kennedy Capital Management Inc., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Bragg Financial Advisors Inc, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. Company insiders that have bought American Equity Investment Life stock in the last two years include Anant Bhalla, and David S Mulcahy.
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Shares of AEL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.61.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $2.92 billion and generates $2.42 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $671.46 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.13 on an earnings per share basis.

American Equity Investment Life employs 655 workers across the globe.

The official website for American Equity Investment Life is www.american-equity.com.

American Equity Investment Life is headquartered at 6000 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines IA, 50266.

American Equity Investment Life's mailing address is 6000 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines IA, 50266. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 515-221-0002 or via email at [email protected]