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AEL vs MET
Side-by-side comparison of American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (AEL) and MetLife Inc. (MET): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both AEL and MET operate in Life Insurance (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- MET is the larger of the two at $53.70B, about 13.6x AEL ($3.94B).
- MET has hit the wire 9 times in the past 4 weeks while AEL has been quiet.
- MET has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 23 for AEL).
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company, through its subsidiaries, provides life insurance products in the United States. The company issues fixed index and rate annuities; and single premium immediate annuities. It markets its products through independent agents, including independent marketing organizations, broker/dealers, banks, and registered investment advisors. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa.
MetLife Inc.
MetLife, Inc., a financial services company, provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management services worldwide. It operates through five segments: U.S.; Asia; Latin America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and MetLife Holdings. The company offers life, dental, group short-and long-term disability, individual disability, accidental death and dismemberment, vision, and accident and health coverages, as well as prepaid legal plans; administrative services-only arrangements to employers; and general and separate account, and synthetic guaranteed interest contracts, as well as private floating rate funding agreements. It also provides pension risk transfers, institutional income annuities, structured settlements, and capital markets investment products; and other products and services, such as life insurance products and funding agreements for funding postretirement benefits, as well as company, bank, or trust-owned life insurance used to finance nonqualified benefit programs for executives. In addition, the company offers personal lines of property and casualty insurance, including private passenger automobile, homeowners', and personal excess liability insurance. Further, it provides fixed and variable annuities, and pension products; accident and health products; regular savings products; whole and term life, endowments, universal and variable life, and group life products; credit insurance products; and protection against long-term health care services. MetLife, Inc. was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Latest AEL
- JAB Insurance Names Jin Chang as Partner
- AM Best Removes From Under Review with Developing Implications and Takes Various Credit Rating Actions on American National Insurance Company and Most of Its Affiliates
- SEC Form 15-12G filed by American Equity Investment Life Holding Company
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by American Equity Investment Life Holding Company
- AM Best Places Credit Ratings of North End Re (Cayman) SPC Under Review With Developing Implications
- American Equity Investment Life Holding Company filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement, Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets, Other Events, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- SEC Form SC 13G filed by American Equity Investment Life Holding Company
- Hayes Michael E returned 3,995 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
- Neugent Gerard D. returned 53,507 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
- Volpe Nicholas P. returned 19,534 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
Latest MET
- MetLife CFO to Speak at Morgan Stanley US Financials Conference
- EVP & Chief Risk Officer Debel Marlene exercised 21,312 shares at a strike of $46.17 and sold $1,738,823 worth of shares (21,312 units at $81.59) (SEC Form 4)
- MetLife and Highlights Launch Free Soccer-Themed Digital Magazine to Help Boost Kid's Confidence
- SEC Form 144 filed by MetLife Inc.
- MetLife Expands Guaranteed Retirement Income Offering with Innovative Flexible Annuity Option
- MetLife Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- MetLife Declares Second Quarter 2026 Preferred Stock Dividends
- SEC Form 13F-HR filed by MetLife Inc.
- MetLife and Global Citizen Launch "Footwork for Futures" Social Media Challenge to Help Expand Access to Education and Sports
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by MetLife Inc.