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. Shareholders 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 is Tuesday, November 27th. This is an increase 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 Wednesday, February, 6th. The financial services provider reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $554.36 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $556.20 million. American Equity Investment Life had a net margin of 13.62% and a return on equity of 14.00%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.82 EPS. View American Equity Investment Life's Earnings History.

American Equity Investment Life is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for American Equity Investment Life.

3 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for American Equity Investment Life's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect American Equity Investment Life's share price to reach $39.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for American Equity Investment Life.

3 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 2 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 somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Equity Investment Life earned a coverage optimism score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories 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 next few days.

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American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.59%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.24%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (4.43%), Northern Trust Corp (2.54%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.98%) and Bank of America Corp DE (1.56%). Company insiders that own American Equity Investment Life stock include Alan David Matula, Alexander Meeker Clark, 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 Millennium Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., MetLife Investment Advisors LLC, James Investment Research Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Chartwell Investment Partners LLC and LSV Asset Management. 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 Norges Bank, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, BlackRock Inc., Burney Co., Bank of America Corp DE, Prudential Financial Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC and Geode Capital Management 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 $30.28.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $2.74 billion and generates $1.55 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $458.01 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.66 on an earnings per share basis.

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]