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 announced an annual dividend on Friday, November 16th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 28th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, December 12th. This represents a yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August, 5th. The financial services provider reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.95 by $0.14. The financial services provider earned $706.39 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $632.38 million. The firm's revenue was up 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last 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.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for American Equity Investment Life's shares. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect American Equity Investment Life's share price to reach $29.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for American Equity Investment Life.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Equity Investment Life in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for American Equity Investment Life.

Media headlines about AEL stock have trended negative on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news 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 impact score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press 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.

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 daily volume of 475,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View American Equity Investment Life's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to American Equity Investment Life include Scor (SCRYY), Voya Financial (VOYA), Athene (ATH), Primerica (PRI), AMP (AMP), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), American National Insurance (ANAT), Genworth Financial (GNW), FGL (FG), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Independence (IHC), Citizens (CIA), Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI) and GWG (GWGH).

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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%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.03%), Everence Capital Management Inc. (0.02%), Hexavest Inc. (0.01%) and Gradient Investments LLC (0.01%). 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, PhiloSmith Capital Corp, Hexavest Inc., First Hawaiian Bank, Everence Capital Management Inc., Denali Advisors LLC and Gradient Investments LLC. 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 $22.93.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $2.09 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]