American Equity Investment Life - AEL Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Equity Investment Life in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" AEL shares.
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9 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for American Equity Investment Life's shares. Their AEL share price forecasts range from $38.00 to $51.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $44.89 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.2%.
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American Equity Investment Life's stock was trading at $45.62 at the start of the year. Since then, AEL stock has increased by 4.9% and is now trading at $47.87.
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American Equity Investment Life saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,090,000 shares, a decline of 13.5% from the December 15th total of 1,260,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 672,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 16th 2023.
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American Equity Investment Life will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 17th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

American Equity Investment Life Holding (NYSE:AEL) posted its earnings results on Monday, November, 7th. The financial services provider reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.15. The financial services provider had revenue of $609.74 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $585.04 million. American Equity Investment Life had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.81% and a net margin of 71.25%.

American Equity Investment Life announced an annual dividend on Thursday, November 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 28th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share on Tuesday, December 13th. This represents a yield of 0.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 25th.
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American Equity Investment Life (NYSE:AEL) pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.04%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 18 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 0.15%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AEL will have a dividend payout ratio of 0.40% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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2 employees have rated American Equity Investment Life Chief Executive Officer Anant Bhalla on Glassdoor.com. Anant Bhalla has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Anant Bhalla in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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American Equity Investment Life trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AEL."

American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include River Road Asset Management LLC (2.32%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (1.16%), West Bancorporation Inc. (0.44%), Segantii Capital Management Ltd (0.40%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.26%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.09%). Insiders that own company stock include Anant Bhalla, David S Mulcahy, Debra J Richardson, Gerard D Neugent, Jeffrey D Lorenzen, John M Matovina, Joyce Ann Chapman, Robert L Howe, Ronald James Grensteiner and Ted Morris Johnson.
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Shares of AEL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.87.

American Equity Investment Life (NYSE:AEL) has a market capitalization of $4.10 billion and generates $3.69 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $473.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $13.70 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 800 workers across the globe.

American Equity Investment Life's mailing address is 6000 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines IA, 50266. The official website for the company is www.american-equity.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (515) 221-0002, via email at sschwartz@american-equity.com, or via fax at 515-221-9947.