NYSE:AEL - American Equity Investment Life Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

American Equity Investment Life declared 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 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 quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The financial services provider reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $510.78 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $514.11 million. American Equity Investment Life had a return on equity of 11.22% and a net margin of 8.49%. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.66 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, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for American Equity Investment Life.

6 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for American Equity Investment Life's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $38.00. On average, they anticipate American Equity Investment Life's stock price to reach $31.6667 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for American Equity Investment Life.

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Headlines about AEL stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of 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 sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider an impact score of 47.89 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.62%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.40%), Earnest Partners LLC (2.95%), Northern Trust Corp (2.57%), Prudential Financial Inc. (2.25%) and Pzena Investment Management LLC (1.82%). 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 Millennium Management LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Victory Capital Management Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Pzena Investment Management LLC, UBS Group AG and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Federated Investors Inc. PA, LSV Asset Management and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have bought American Equity Investment Life stock in the last two years include Alan David Matula and Ronald James Grensteiner. 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 $35.90.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $3.26 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]