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 paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Tuesday, December 12th. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 28th. This is a positive change 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The financial services provider reported $0.85 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $510.78 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.66 EPS. View American Equity Investment Life's Earnings History.

American Equity Investment Life is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August, 6th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for American Equity Investment Life.

7 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for American Equity Investment Life's shares. Their predictions range from $28.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect American Equity Investment Life's share price to reach $33.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.6%. View Analyst Ratings for American Equity Investment Life.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Equity Investment Life in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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

News coverage about AEL stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. American Equity Investment Life earned a news sentiment score of 0.22 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.49 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.23%), Krueger & Catalano Capital Partners LLC (0.08%), Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.02%) and Vigilant Capital Management LLC (0.00%). 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 Bank of Montreal Can and Krueger & Catalano Capital Partners LLC. 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 Vigilant Capital Management LLC and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB. 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 $34.95.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $3.20 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]