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American Equity Investment Life Holding Co (AEL) is a publicly traded insurance - life business based in the US which employs around 1,000 staff. American Equity Investment Life Holding Company is listed on the NYSE and traded in US dollars.
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Alternative ways to invest in American Equity Investment Life Holding Company
Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including American Equity Investment Life Holding Company), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company is a major part of the NYSE, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).
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All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.
Is American Equity Investment Life Holding Company under- or over-valued?
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the American Equity Investment Life Holding Company P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 27x. In other words, American Equity Investment Life Holding Company's shares trade at around 27x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.14. A PEG ratio close to 1 can be interpreted as meaning shares offer reasonable value for the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into American Equity Investment Life Holding Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $333.3 million (£265.6 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of American Equity Investment Life Holding Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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