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. Shareholders 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 an increase 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) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 1st. The financial services provider reported $0.97 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.05. The financial services provider had revenue of $1 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $625.65 million. American Equity Investment Life had a return on equity of 13.92% and a net margin of 13.62%. The business's revenue was up 741.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.85 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 Monday, August 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for American Equity Investment Life.

3 analysts have issued 1 year 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 $36.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for American Equity Investment Life.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Equity Investment Life in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for American Equity Investment Life.

Media coverage about AEL stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Equity Investment Life earned a news sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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American Equity Investment Life's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.48%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.22%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (4.59%), Northern Trust Corp (2.52%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.48%) and Pzena Investment Management LLC (1.30%). Company insiders that own American Equity Investment Life stock include Alexander Meeker Clark, 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 Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, New Amsterdam Partners LLC NY, Bank of Montreal Can, Man Group plc, Pzena Investment Management LLC and Renaissance Technologies LLC. 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 Acadian Asset Management LLC, Macquarie Group Ltd., Burney Co., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Neuberger Berman Group LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Hillcrest Asset Management LLC and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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 $30.33.

American Equity Investment Life has a market capitalization of $2.76 billion and generates $1.55 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $458.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.66 on an earnings per share basis. American Equity Investment Life employs 554 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]