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 Thursday, November 16th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Tuesday, December 12th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 28th. This is a boost 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 Monday, August, 6th. The financial services provider reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.10. The financial services provider had revenue of $685.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $589.40 million. American Equity Investment Life had a return on equity of 12.32% and a net margin of 11.14%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 16.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.71 EPS. View American Equity Investment Life's Earnings History.

American Equity Investment Life is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November, 5th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for American Equity Investment Life.

6 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for American Equity Investment Life's stock. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect American Equity Investment Life's stock price to reach $34.3333 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for American Equity Investment Life.

6 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 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for American Equity Investment Life.

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

Media stories about AEL stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. American Equity Investment Life earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.64 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for American Equity Investment Life.

American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.12%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.32%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (4.01%), Earnest Partners LLC (2.92%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.00%) and Bank of America Corp DE (1.74%). 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 Schroder Investment Management Group, Federated Investors Inc. PA, Aristotle Capital Boston LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC and Wells Fargo & Company MN. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Sei Investments Co., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Macquarie Group Ltd., Bank of America Corp DE, Victory Capital Management Inc. and Cornerstone Wealth 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 $37.41.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $3.24 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]