American Equity Investment Life Stock Forecast, Price & News

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 shares have increased by 20.4% and is now trading at $24.40.
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6 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 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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American Equity Investment Life Holding (NYSE:AEL) released its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 5th. The financial services provider reported $1.01 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.14. The financial services provider earned $543.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $553.97 million.
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American Equity Investment Life declared an annual dividend on Friday, November 22nd. Investors 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 boost from American Equity Investment Life's previous annual dividend of $0.28.
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6 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for American Equity Investment Life's stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect American Equity Investment Life's share price to reach $30.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.9% from the stock's current price.
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American Equity Investment Life saw a decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,460,000 shares, a decrease of 29.5% from the September 30th total of 3,490,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 954,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 2.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to American Equity Investment Life include MetLife (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU), Aflac (AFL), Principal Financial Group (PFG), 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include LSV Asset Management (0.84%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.10%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.10%), Alberta Investment Management Corp (0.09%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.08%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.05%). Company insiders that own American Equity Investment Life stock include Alonzo A J J Strickland, Anant Bhalla, David S Mulcahy, Debra J Richardson, Jeffrey D Lorenzen, John M Matovina, Joyce Ann Chapman and Ted Morris Johnson.
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AEL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Alberta Investment Management Corp, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, First Hawaiian Bank, James Investment Research Inc., Ziegler Capital Management LLC, and BBVA USA Bancshares Inc.. Company insiders that have sold American Equity Investment Life company stock in the last year include Alonzo A J J Strickland, Debra J Richardson, John M Matovina, and Joyce Ann Chapman.
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AEL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Brookstone Capital Management, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., KBC Group NV, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Harbor Investment Advisory LLC, and Denali Advisors LLC. 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of AEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.40.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $2.24 billion and generates $3.46 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $246.09 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.97 on an earnings per share basis. American Equity Investment Life employs 608 workers across the globe.

The official website for American Equity Investment Life is 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]