NYSE:AEL - American Equity Investment Life Stock Price, Forecast & News

American Equity Investment Life trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AEL."

American Equity Investment Life declared an annual dividend on Friday, November 22nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Thursday, December 12th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 2nd. This is a positive change from American Equity Investment Life's previous annual dividend of $0.28. View American Equity Investment Life's Dividend History.

American Equity Investment Life Holding (NYSE:AEL) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The financial services provider reported $2.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $1.56. The financial services provider had revenue of $643.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $641.01 million. The company's revenue was down 46.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.87 EPS. View American Equity Investment Life's Earnings History.

American Equity Investment Life is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for American Equity Investment Life.

5 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for American Equity Investment Life's stock. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $32.00. On average, they anticipate American Equity Investment Life's stock price to reach $29.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for American Equity Investment Life.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Equity Investment Life in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for American Equity Investment Life.

Headlines about AEL stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Equity Investment Life earned a daily sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for American Equity Investment Life.

American Equity Investment Life saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,520,000 shares, an increase of 12.6% from the September 15th total of 1,350,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 480,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View American Equity Investment Life's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to American Equity Investment Life include Metlife (MET), AFLAC (AFL), Prudential Financial (PRU), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Lincoln National (LNC), Unum Group (UNM), Primerica (PRI), CNO Financial Group (CNO), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Independence (IHC), Citizens (CIA), Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI) and Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other American Equity Investment Life investors own include Fibrocell Science (FCSC), Neos Therapeutics (NEOS), Neurotrope (NTRP), Lam Research (LRCX), Celgene (CELG), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Bank of America (BAC), Walmart (WMT), American Airlines Group (AAL) and Activision Blizzard (ATVI).

American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.35%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (1.15%), Man Group plc (0.87%), Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (0.46%), Hillcrest Asset Management LLC (0.45%) and Gilbert & Cook Inc. (0.40%). Company insiders that own American Equity Investment Life stock include Alexander Meeker Clark, Debra J Richardson, Jeffrey D Lorenzen, John M Matovina, Joyce Ann Chapman, Ronald James Grensteiner and Ted Morris Johnson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for American Equity Investment Life.

AEL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, State Street Corp, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Systematic Financial Management LP, Strs Ohio, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, James Investment Research Inc. and Hillcrest Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold American Equity Investment Life company stock in the last year include Debra J Richardson, Jeffrey D Lorenzen, Joyce Ann Chapman and Ted Morris Johnson. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Equity Investment Life.

AEL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Man Group plc, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Neo Ivy Capital Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Equity Investment Life.

Shares of AEL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.81.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $2.71 billion and generates $1.55 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $458.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.66 on an earnings per share basis. American Equity Investment Life employs 554 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About American Equity Investment Life.

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

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]