Aegon N. V. (NYSE:AEG) finished Friday with an addition of $0.06 to close at $4.80, an upside of 1.27 percent. An average of 1,910,480 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a fall of -$0.14 in the past week, and it reached a new high 25 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 1,197,915 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 1,331,594.
AEG stock has decreased by -6.61% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $4.63 on 09/27/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 02/09/23, shares of the company touched a low of $3.76 and a high of $5.68 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 8 times so far this year and lost -4.76% or -$0.24 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -15.57% from the 52-week high.
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Valuation Metrics
Aegon N. V. (AEG) stock’s beta is 1.19. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 0.47, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 0.77, and the price-to-cash flow ratio at 2.81.
The company’s most recent quarterly dividend payment was $0.1528 a share, representing a up of 18.63% from $0.1288 last year. Its latest increase dividend $0.0239 reported on Thursday August 17 2023.
Financial Health
Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 0.64 and a total debt to equity ratio of 0.75 for the quarter ending June 29. Its gross profit as reported stood at -$1.63 billion compared to revenue of $22.47 billion.
For investors, determining the potential profitability of the investment also depends on the performance of the company’s management. In the past 12 months, Aegon N. V.’s return on assets was -0.23%.
Earnings Surprise
The analyst consensus anticipated Aegon N. V.’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.21 per share, but it turned out to be $0.03, a -85.70% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to -$405.63 million. At the end of the quarter ending June 29, Aegon N. V.’s stock balance sheet showed total debt was $5.39 billion.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Aegon N. V. (AEG) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 29 September was 38.63%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 27.02%.
As of today, AEG’s price is $4.79 -2.83% or -$0.14 from its 5-day moving average. AEG is currently trading -5.51% lower than its 20-day SMA and +8.84% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is -8.40% below the SMA50 and -2.04% below the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 21.45% and 16.04%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.10. With the 14-day stochastic at 34.65% and the average true range at 0.09, the RSI (14) stands at 39.06%. The stock has reached -0.16 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at -0.20.
Analyst Ratings
HSBC Securities upgraded Aegon N. V. (NYSE: AEG) to a a Buy rating in its most recent analyst report. Previously, the stock was rated as a Hold.
