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. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Thursday, December 12th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date 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) released its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The financial services provider reported $2.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $1.56. The financial services provider earned $643.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $641.01 million. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 46.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business 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 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for American Equity Investment Life.

American Equity Investment Life will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 12th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

5 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for American Equity Investment Life's shares. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $32.00. On average, they anticipate American Equity Investment Life's share price to reach $29.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.5% from the stock's current price. 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.

News headlines about AEL stock have trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Equity Investment Life earned a news impact score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company'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 the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,990,000 shares, an increase of 8.7% from the December 15th total of 1,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 489,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.1 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 Neos Therapeutics (NEOS), Neurotrope (NTRP), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Lam Research (LRCX), Pattern Energy Group (PEGI), Bank of America (BAC), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Cohu (COHU), Fibrocell Science (FCSC) and Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI).

American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.53%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Profit Investment Management LLC (0.07%), Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC (0.07%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and First Hawaiian Bank (0.03%). Company insiders that own American Equity Investment Life stock include Alexander Meeker Clark, Alonzo A J J Strickland, 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 Profit Investment Management LLC, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, Gradient Investments LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold American Equity Investment Life company stock in the last year include Alonzo A J J Strickland, Debra J Richardson, Jeffrey D Lorenzen, John M Matovina, 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., AE Wealth Management LLC and First Hawaiian Bank. 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 $28.95.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $2.64 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]