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 declared an annual dividend on Friday, November 16th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, December 12th. This represents a yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 27th. This is a boost 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) issued its earnings results on Monday, November, 5th. The financial services provider reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.99. The financial services provider earned $1.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $600.27 million. American Equity Investment Life had a return on equity of 12.77% and a net margin of 13.62%. American Equity Investment Life's revenue was up 31.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last 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.

4 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for American Equity Investment Life's shares. Their forecasts 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.9% 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.

Media stories about AEL stock have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Equity Investment Life earned a daily sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Some companies that are related to American Equity Investment Life include AEGON (AEG), Torchmark (TMK), SONY Finl HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY), Scor (SCRYY), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Athene (ATH), 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) and Independence (IHC).

American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.24%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.01%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.19%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (4.35%), Earnest Partners LLC (2.91%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.00%). 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 Prudential Financial Inc., Capital Returns Management LLC, Teachers Advisors LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC and Mackenzie Financial Corp. 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 BlackRock Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Macquarie Group Ltd., Gilbert & Cook Inc., Morgan Stanley, Man Group plc, Vanguard Group Inc. and WBI Investments Inc.. 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 $29.43.

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]