NYSE:AEL - American Equity Investment Life Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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 dividend yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date 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, November, 5th. The financial services provider reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.88 by $0.99. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.19 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $600.27 million. American Equity Investment Life had a net margin of 13.62% and a return on equity of 12.77%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 31.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.96 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, February 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for American Equity Investment Life.

American Equity Investment Life will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 7th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8558650606.

4 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for American Equity Investment Life's stock. Their predictions range from $30.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect American Equity Investment Life's share price to reach $36.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.3% 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 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for American Equity Investment Life.

News coverage about AEL stock has been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Equity Investment Life earned a daily sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

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

American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.27%), James Investment Research Inc. (0.11%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.07%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Sit Investment Associates Inc. (0.01%). 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 James Investment Research Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC and Bank of Montreal Can. 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 Meeder Asset Management Inc., Sit Investment Associates Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Vigilant Capital Management 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.81.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $2.78 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.

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]