What should you know before buying stock in Aegon Ltd (AEG)

Aegon Ltd (NYSE: AEG) is 13.92% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $5.53 and a high of $6.96 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The AEG stock was last observed hovering at around $6.66 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.05%.

Currently trading at $6.71, the stock is 2.39% and 7.04% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.36 million and changing 0.75% at the moment leaves the stock 6.56% off its SMA200. AEG registered 17.10% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 6.85%.

The stock witnessed a 6.34% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 5.84%, and is 1.98% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.33% over the week and 1.24% over the month.

Aegon Ltd (AEG) has around 15658 employees, a market worth around $10.61B and $25.98B in sales. Fwd P/E is 7.44. Profit margin for the company is -0.20%. Distance from 52-week low is 21.34% and -3.59% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-0.36%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 475.98% this year.

Aegon Ltd (AEG) Top Institutional Holders

The shares outstanding are 1.96B, and float is at 1.58B with Short Float at 0.41%.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is DODGE & COX with over 118.14 million shares valued at $724.22 million. The investor’s holdings represent 12.361% of the AEG Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP with 8.37 million shares valued at $51.29 million to account for 0.8754 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 4.92 million shares representing 0.5148% and valued at over $30.16 million, while MORGAN STANLEY holds 0.3514 of the shares totaling 6.65 million with a market value of $40.74 million.