American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (AEL) Stock

About American Equity Investment Life Holding Company

American Equity Investment Life Holding Company, through its various subsidiaries, is a U.S.-based provider of life insurance solutions. The company's offerings include a range of annuity products, specifically fixed index, fixed rate, and single premium immediate annuities. It relies on a network of independent distribution channels, such as independent marketing organizations, broker-dealers, banks, and registered investment advisors, to market its products. The firm was established in 1995 and maintains its corporate headquarters in West Des Moines, Iowa.

American Equity Investment Life Holding Company is headquartered in US.

American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (AEL) stock trades at $56.47 with a market capitalization of $4.49B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.80, price-to-book of 0.48, price-to-sales of 0.77. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $38.53 and $57.29, and currently trades 1.4% below its 52-week high.

On profitability, American Equity Investment Life Holding Company generates a return on equity (ROE) of 3.40%, return on capital employed of 0.00%, an operating margin of 0.05%, a net profit margin of 5.85%.

Official website: www.american-equity.com

American Equity Investment Life Holding Company by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 American Equity Investment Life Holding Company reported revenue of $1.7B rising to $6.6B, a change of +292.5% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 12.1% a year over five years, 22.4% over three, -30.7% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $156.0M.

Operating margin went from -1.4% in 2016 to 6.3% in 2025, a gain of 7.6 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 5.85%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Mar '26, revenue is $5.8B and net profit $342.0M.

Borrowings rose from $736.0M to $3.0B, cash on hand is $8.9B, cash from operations was $457.0M in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 15.3% over five years, and was 1.6% in the most recent year.

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Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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