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. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Thursday, December 12th. This represents a yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 2nd. This is a boost 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 results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The financial services provider reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.04 by $0.33. The financial services provider earned $1.11 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $661.79 million. American Equity Investment Life had a net margin of 7.10% and a return on equity of 14.49%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.99 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, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for American Equity Investment Life.

7 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for American Equity Investment Life's stock. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate American Equity Investment Life's stock price to reach $32.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for American Equity Investment Life.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Equity Investment Life in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for American Equity Investment Life.

News stories about AEL stock have trended positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for American Equity Investment Life.

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), Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ), Citizens (CIA) 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 Walmart (WMT), Intel (INTC), Lam Research (LRCX), Neos Therapeutics (NEOS), Neurotrope (NTRP), Bank of America (BAC), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Lithia Motors (LAD), Extreme Networks (EXTR) and Pattern Energy Group (PEGI).

American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wealth Quarterback LLC (28.20%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (6.23%), State Street Corp (3.43%), Earnest Partners LLC (3.30%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.89%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (1.93%). Company insiders that own American Equity Investment Life stock include 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 Snow Capital Management LP, Man Group plc, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Mackay Shields LLC, Alberta Investment Management Corp, Bank of America Corp DE and ProShare Advisors LLC. 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 Wealth Quarterback LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Macquarie Group Ltd., West Bancorporation Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Prudential Financial 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.28.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $2.31 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 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]