Published on 7 Nov 2022 on Zacks via Yahoo Finance
American Equity Investment (AEL) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.99 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.84 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.46 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 17.86%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this annuity and insurance underwriter would post earnings of $0.79 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.98, delivering a surprise of 24.05%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates two times.