NYSE:AEL - American Equity Investment Life Stock Price, Price Target & More

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 Thursday, November 16th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Tuesday, December 12th. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 28th. This is an increase from American Equity Investment Life's previous annual dividend of $0.24. View American Equity Investment Life's Dividend History.

American Equity Investment Life Holding (NYSE:AEL) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The financial services provider reported $0.85 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $510.78 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $514.11 million. American Equity Investment Life had a net margin of 8.49% and a return on equity of 11.22%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.66 EPS. View American Equity Investment Life's Earnings History.

American Equity Investment Life is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August, 6th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for American Equity Investment Life.

7 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for American Equity Investment Life's stock. Their predictions range from $28.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect American Equity Investment Life's share price to reach $33.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.1%. View Analyst Ratings 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 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Some companies that are related to American Equity Investment Life include AEGON (AEG), Torchmark (TMK), Athene (ATH), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Voya Financial (VOYA), SONY Finl HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY), Scor (SCRYY), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Primerica (PRI), American National Insurance (ANAT), Genworth Financial (GNW), FBL Financial Group (FFG), FGL (FG), National Western Life Group (NWLI) and Independence (IHC).

News articles about AEL stock have been trending positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. American Equity Investment Life earned a daily sentiment score of 0.26 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 48.56 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.23%), James Investment Research Inc. (0.14%), Gilbert & Cook Inc. (0.13%), Krueger & Catalano Capital Partners LLC (0.08%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.05%) and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.02%). Company insiders that own American Equity Investment Life stock include Alan David Matula, Alexander Meeker Clark, David J Noble, Debra J Richardson, John M Matovina and Ronald James Grensteiner. 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 Montreal Can, Krueger & Catalano Capital Partners LLC and Gilbert & Cook Inc.. Company insiders that have sold American Equity Investment Life company stock in the last year include Alexander Meeker Clark, Debra J Richardson, John M Matovina and Ronald James Grensteiner. 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 Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, James Investment Research Inc., Vigilant Capital Management LLC and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB. 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 $35.15.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $3.16 billion and generates $3.89 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $174.64 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.16 on an earnings per share basis. American Equity Investment Life employs 515 workers across the globe.

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]