AEGON (AEG) Stock – Understanding the Fundamentals

By Scott Lee • Thursday, September 04 15:23 • Permanent Link

Shares of Life Insurance company AEGON jumped 2.5% today. With many investors piling into AEG without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:

AEGON has moved 29.8% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.2%
AEG has an average analyst rating of buy and is -7.2% away from its mean target price of $8.13 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $0.91
AEGON has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.3 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $0.29 and its forward P/E ratio is 26.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.29 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
AEGON is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 15.92 and an average P/B of 1.78
The company has a free cash flow of $2.42 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Aegon Ltd. provides insurance, pensions, retirement, and asset management services in the Americas, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It offers life, accident, property and casualty, and health insurance; annuities, retirement plans, mutual funds, and stable value solutions; commercial and residential mortgage loans; digital saving services; retail and institutional investment management solutions; and investment vehicles. The company provides its products under the Transamerica and World Financial Group brands. Aegon Ltd. was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands.

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