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. Stockholders 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 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The financial services provider reported $2.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.98 by $1.56. The financial services provider had revenue of $643.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $641.01 million. American Equity Investment Life's quarterly revenue was down 46.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $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 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for American Equity Investment Life's stock. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $32.00. On average, they anticipate American Equity Investment Life's stock price to reach $29.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.0% 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 extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of 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 negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Equity Investment Life earned a news sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect 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 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 volume of 489,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.1 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's shares 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.53%), PhiloSmith Capital Corp (0.35%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.07%), Profit Investment Management LLC (0.07%) and Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC (0.07%). 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, New York State Teachers 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., PhiloSmith Capital Corp, Strs Ohio, AE Wealth Management LLC, James Investment Research Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Advisors Preferred 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 $27.72.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $2.52 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]