After Hours
There may be slightly higher risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading than during regular market hours. Due to the fact that issuers often announce critical financial information outside of regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities. Recently, Yahoo Finance discussed the stock, revealing that American Equity Reports Record $7+ Billion Annual FIA Sales and Strong Financial Results to Cap a Historic 2023.
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Stocks Info
As a NYSE listed company, AEL falls under the Financial sector while operating within the Insurance – Life industry segment. The current market capitalization of American Equity Investment Life Holding Co is $4.42B. A total of 0.35 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 493.93K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Lorenzen Jeffrey D sold 97,395 shares of AEL for 53.85 per share on Sep 21 ’23. After the transaction, the Executive VP-Chief Inv Officer now owns 30,900 company shares. In a previous transaction on Sep 21 ’23, Andre Axel sold 29,273 shares at 53.87 per share. AEL shares that Chief Financial Officer owns now total 13,740.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Bhalla Anant disposed of 183,202 shares on Sep 20 ’23 at a per-share price of $54.05. This resulted in the CEO & President holding 1,028,134 shares of AEL after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Howe Robert L sold 5,000 shares at $54.16 per share on Sep 20 ’23. Company shares held by the Director now total 78,282.
Dividend
Investors prefer companies that pay dividends because dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate a positive outlook. AEL’s most recent ex-dividend date was 11/25/2022 when it declared a $0.02 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 12/13/2022. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 12/13/2021 with an ex-dividend date of 11/26/2021. The AEL stock dividend was $0.34 per share in cash.
In spite of price targets being rarely accurate, it tends to exert some kind influence from time to time, and was often accepted by the market as having some value. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AEL has a high of $56.08 and a low of $31.57.
As of this writing, AEL has an earnings estimate of $1.77 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 4 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.98 per share and a lower estimate of $1.68. The company reported an EPS of $2.45 in the last quarter, which was 42.40% higher than expectations of $1.72.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
The balance sheet of a company shows what assets and liabilities a company has, as well as the amount, equity investors have invested. With the help of this information, a company’s financial ratios can be calculated to give investors an overview of the company’s prospects. AEL’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $55.81B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. Its Book Value Per Share was $38.11, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $6.32B.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for AEL is Buy with a score of 3.00.
