$6.68 -0.13 (-1.91%)
11/6/2009 4:01 PM

American Equity Investment Life Holding (AEL)

CAPS Rating: 3 out of 5

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

Current Price $6.68 Mkt Cap $388.52M
Open $0.00 P/E Ratio 10.28
Prev. Close $6.68 Div. (Yield) 0.07 (1.00%)
Daily Range $6.43 - $6.85 Volume 442,006
52-Wk Range $2.96 - $8.86 Avg. Daily Vol. 466,000

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PeeDaPants (35.49)
Submitted July 20, 2008

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.… More

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Member Avatar JeremyBear (< 20) Submitted: 11/4/2009 2:41:46 PM : Outperform Start Price: $6.59 AEL Score: +0.43

eps acceleration&growth / value / recent price strength (4w)

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Member Avatar mrindependent (98.79) Submitted: 8/4/2009 9:54:52 AM : Outperform Start Price: $7.46 AEL Score: -17.78

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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Member Avatar allenlundgren (< 20) Submitted: 3/27/2009 12:26:49 AM : Outperform Start Price: $4.76 AEL Score: +8.41

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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tropenpaul (< 20) Score: +37.39

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in AEL.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		S&P
Gain 		Score Commentary
b400 93.69 3/3/2009 Outperform 5Y $3.47 +92.51% +55.84% +36.66
landoffree < 20 3/2/2009 Outperform 3Y $3.75 +78.13% +50.34% +27.79 1 Comment
LehmanBrosRIP 66.80 6/15/2009 Outperform 5Y $4.98 +34.14% +15.21% +18.93
steviedvd 35.87 7/27/2007 Underperform 3Y $11.45 -41.65% -23.91% +17.74 1 Comment
Bankwatcher1 < 20 10/7/2008 Underperform NS $7.24 -7.71% +2.90% +10.61
Huynh777 93.10 11/7/2008 Outperform 5Y $5.14 +29.84% +19.94% +9.90
allenlundgren < 20 3/27/2009 Outperform 1Y $4.76 +40.34% +31.92% +8.41 1 Comment
Smog79 < 20 10/2/2009 Outperform 1Y $6.31 +5.86% +5.01% +0.85
humbledude 79.89 12/10/2007 Outperform 3Y $8.96 -25.42% -26.21% +0.80 2 Comments
ftna86 90.18 12/21/2007 Outperform 3W $8.75 -23.65% -24.24% +0.59
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Member Name Member
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackSoros 65.62 3/31/2008 Outperform NS $9.16 -27.10% -15.82% -11.29 1 Comment
TrackKeyBanc 90.40 2/22/2008 Outperform NS $9.36 -28.64% -17.28% -11.36
TrackRichPzena < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $10.45 -36.06% -26.44% -9.62 2 Comments
TrackFBRCapitalM 75.98 5/3/2007 Outperform NS $12.36 -45.95% -24.60% -21.35
TrackCitigroup 21.22 1/30/2007 Outperform NS $12.91 -43.94% -9.97% -33.97 1/22/2008 @ $7.24

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