With 5.28 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 4.3 million shares. During the session, the Insurance – Diversified company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $6.56 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $6.465. The 52-week range on AEG shows that it touched its highest point at $6.96 and its lowest point at $5.53 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $7.05. With its current market cap of 10.27 billion, AEG has annualized dividend of $0.35 while the current yield stands at 5.37%. AEG paid its most recent dividend on 1725494400, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1725494400. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.07.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Three-month performance surged to 2.04% while six-month performance rose 0.78%. The stock gained 10.92% in the past year, while it has gained 10.36% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AEG yields -0.02 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.92.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.96 billion AEG shares are outstanding with a float of 1.58 billion shares on hand for trading. On 2025-01-15, short shares totaled 6.49 million, which was 40.0 higher than short shares on 1734048000. In addition to Mr. E. Friese as the firm’s CEO, Chairman of Management Board & Executive Director, Mr. Duncan Russell serves as its CFO & Member of Management Board.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.097950004 of AEG’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
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Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AEG since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With AEG analysts setting a high price target of 7.62274 and a low target of 6.8, the average target price over the next 12 months is 7.21137. Based on these targets, AEG could surge 17.27% to reach the target high and rise by 4.62% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 10.94% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.44299 being high and $0.27978 being low. For AEG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.36527. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
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