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

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 16th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, December 12th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 27th. This is a positive change 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 5th. The financial services provider reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.95 by $0.14. The financial services provider had revenue of $706.39 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $632.38 million. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business 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 Wednesday, November 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for American Equity Investment Life.

American Equity Investment Life will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, November 6th 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 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for American Equity Investment Life's shares. Their predictions 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 21.0% 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 articles about AEL stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for American Equity Investment Life.

American Equity Investment Life saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,350,000 shares, a drop of 11.8% from the August 30th total of 1,530,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 475,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the company 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), Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ) and Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI).

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), Micron Technology (MU), Nasdaq (NDAQ), Zargon Oil and Gas (ZAR) and American Airlines Group (AAL).

American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include PhiloSmith Capital Corp (0.34%), Profit Investment Management LLC (0.12%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.10%), Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.09%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%). 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 Strs Ohio. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Profit Investment Management LLC, PhiloSmith Capital Corp, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Hexavest Inc. 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 $24.51.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $2.23 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]