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American Equity Investment Life Holding (AEL)

CAPS Rating:
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The Company is a full service underwriter which develops, markets, issues and administers annuities and life insurance.

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Total Members

75 Outperforms
7 Underperforms
 

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34 Outperforms
2 Underperforms
 

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Ticker Tags

Cyclical (3415), Micro Cap (4701), Financials (1255), Value (1901), Insurance (166)
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American Equity Investment Life Holding At A Glance

Current Price: $7.01
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:01 PM
Open: $6.96
Previous Close: $6.90
Daily Range: $6.65 - $7.07
52-Week Range: $2.96 - $8.86
Volume: 406,318
Market Cap: $408.64M
P/E Ratio: 28.75
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Avatar PeeDaPants (39.12) Submitted: 7/20/08 2:41 PM

Everybody is saying it doesn't have any exposure to the sub-prime "mess", but they were saying it when the stock price was at $10-$11, so if it's down 15% from that price, I should be golden now! I think the financials are about the same. It doesn't look like this company sucks!

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Avatar Milhoy (34.30) Submitted: 11/21/09 5:20 AM : Outperform Start Price: $7.44 AEL Score: -2.65

Strong fundamentals

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Avatar mrindependent (99.29) Submitted: 8/04/09 9:54 AM : Outperform Start Price: $7.38 AEL Score: -12.46

This annuity and life insurance provider is available for 0.77 times book value and 4.7 times estimated earnings. It sports a CAPS rating of 4 and a stock scouter rating of 8. Insider buying is strong.

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Avatar allenlundgren (< 20) Submitted: 3/27/09 12:26 AM : Outperform Start Price: $4.71 AEL Score: 16.77

Here's a company that places an emphasis on fundamentals, very conservative, and non too flashy. Has a huge emphasis on taking care of its customers, agents, and employees, and when customers are giving up on the market, agents should have no trouble bringing in new customers seeking stability.

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Avatar landoffree (< 20) Submitted: 2/28/09 9:33 AM : Outperform Start Price: $3.71 AEL Score: 38.41

Many investors want an investment tool that guarantees a place to put their dollars that won't decline in value. AEL does just that with their annuities.

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Avatar PeeDaPants (39.12) Submitted: 7/20/08 2:41 PM : Outperform Start Price: $8.11 AEL Score: -1.03

Everybody is saying it doesn't have any exposure to the sub-prime "mess", but they were saying it when the stock price was at $10-$11, so if it's down 15% from that price, I should be golden now! I think the financials are about the same. It doesn't look like this company sucks!

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