26,656 Shares in Aegon NV $AEG Purchased by Vise Technologies Inc.

Vise Technologies Inc. bought a new stake in Aegon NV (NYSE:AEG) in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 26,656 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $193,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Acadian Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Aegon by 2,348.0% during the 2nd quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 3,482,943 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $25,200,000 after purchasing an additional 3,340,666 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its stake in Aegon by 13.8% during the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,801,133 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $31,639,000 after buying an additional 582,622 shares during the last quarter. Todd Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Aegon in the first quarter worth $3,615,000. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC increased its position in Aegon by 407.9% in the second quarter. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC now owns 201,002 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,455,000 after buying an additional 161,423 shares during the period. Finally, FORA Capital LLC bought a new stake in Aegon in the first quarter valued at $411,000. 4.32% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AEG has been the subject of several recent research reports. Zacks Research lowered shares of Aegon from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Aegon from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b+)” rating on shares of Aegon in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy”.

Aegon Stock Performance

Shares of AEG opened at $7.51 on Wednesday. Aegon NV has a one year low of $5.42 and a one year high of $8.15. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $7.69 and its 200-day moving average is $7.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -28.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.99.

Aegon Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a semi-annual dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 4th were paid a dividend of $0.1876 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 4th. This represents a yield of 584.0%. Aegon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -142.31%.

About Aegon

Aegon Ltd. provides insurance, pensions, retirement, and asset management services in the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers life, accident, property and casualty, and health insurance; annuities, retirement plans, mutual funds, and stable value solutions; residential mortgage and digital baking services; and retail and institutional investment management solutions and retirement savings vehicles and strategies.