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

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

American Equity Investment Life announced an annual dividend on Friday, November 16th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, December 12th. This represents a yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 27th. This is a boost from American Equity Investment Life's previous annual dividend of $0.26. View American Equity Investment Life's Dividend History.

American Equity Investment Life Holding (NYSE:AEL) posted its earnings results on Monday, August, 5th. The financial services provider reported $1.09 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.95 by $0.14. The financial services provider earned $706.39 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $632.38 million. The firm's revenue was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.95 earnings per share. View American Equity Investment Life's Earnings History.

American Equity Investment Life is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 4th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for American Equity Investment Life.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for American Equity Investment Life's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect American Equity Investment Life's stock price to reach $31.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 46.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for American Equity Investment Life.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Equity Investment Life in the last year. There are currently 2 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 articles about AEL stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Equity Investment Life earned a news sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for American Equity Investment Life.

American Equity Investment Life saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,175,200 shares, a drop of 19.5% from the June 30th total of 1,459,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 471,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.3% 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 Scor (SCRYY), Athene (ATH), Voya Financial (VOYA), Primerica (PRI), AMP (AMP), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), American National Insurance (ANAT), Genworth Financial (GNW), FGL (FG), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Independence (IHC), Citizens (CIA), Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI) and GWG (GWGH).

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), Celgene (CELG), LGI Homes (LGIH), Lam Research (LRCX), Nasdaq (NDAQ), Zargon Oil and Gas (ZAR), American Airlines Group (AAL) and Digital Turbine (APPS).

American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.62%), BlackRock Inc. (14.60%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.80%), Earnest Partners LLC (2.88%), Northern Trust Corp (2.56%) and Invesco Ltd. (2.24%). 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Victory Capital Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Invesco Ltd., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. and KBC Group NV. 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Man Group plc, Citadel Advisors LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Schroder Investment Management Group, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc. and BlackRock Inc.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.14.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $1.92 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]