In the latest trading session, 0.96 million Aegon Ltd (NYSE:AEG) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.83. With the company’s most recent per share price at $6.66 changed hands at -$0.04 or -0.64% at last look, the market valuation stands at $10.52B. AEG’s current price is a discount, trading about -4.5% off its 52-week high of $6.96. The share price had its 52-week low at $5.66, which suggests the last value was 15.02% up since then. When we look at Aegon Ltd’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 9.2 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 5.85 million.
Analysts gave the Aegon Ltd (AEG) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.06. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 2 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 1 recommended AEG as a Hold, 1 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Aegon Ltd’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.
Aegon Ltd (NYSE:AEG) trade information
Instantly AEG was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action 6.34%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 13.02%, with the 5-day performance at 6.34% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Aegon Ltd (NYSE:AEG) is -0.79% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 7.95 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 1.51 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 7.5, meaning bulls need an upside of 11.2% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, AEG’s forecast low is 7.5 with 7.5 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -12.61% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -12.61% for it to hit the projected low.
Aegon Ltd (AEG) estimates and forecasts
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -20.01%. The 2025 estimates are for Aegon Ltd earnings to increase by 119.58%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 36.69% per year.
AEG Dividends
Aegon Ltd is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2023-Aug-16. The 5.24% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.35. It is important to note, however, that the 5.24% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 4.83 per year.
Aegon Ltd (NYSE:AEG)’s Major holders
The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 10.05%. There are 10.05% institutions holding the Aegon Ltd stock share, with DODGE & COX the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 12.361% of the shares, roughly 118.14 million AEG shares worth $724.22 million.
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 0.8754% or 8.37 million shares worth $51.29 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 31, 2024 were Dodge & Cox Stock Fund and Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund. With 93.85 shares estimated at $626.43 million under it, the former controlled 5.68% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund held about 0.32% of the shares, roughly 5.33 shares worth around $35.6 million.
