Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC Invests $30,000 in Aegon Ltd. (NYSE:AEG)

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Aegon Ltd. (NYSE:AEG) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 4,826 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $30,000.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. First Hawaiian Bank acquired a new position in shares of Aegon during the 1st quarter worth $929,000. Brandes Investment Partners LP grew its position in Aegon by 45.5% during the 4th quarter. Brandes Investment Partners LP now owns 1,922,545 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $11,074,000 after acquiring an additional 601,003 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in Aegon by 10.4% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 4,140,423 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $23,849,000 after acquiring an additional 389,582 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP bought a new stake in Aegon during the 4th quarter worth $25,961,000. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets bought a new stake in Aegon during the 1st quarter worth $1,600,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 4.32% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, UBS Group lowered Aegon from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 28th.

Aegon Stock Performance

Shares of AEG stock opened at $6.01 on Tuesday. Aegon Ltd. has a twelve month low of $4.63 and a twelve month high of $6.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a quick ratio of 0.08 and a current ratio of 0.07. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $6.16 and its 200 day simple moving average is $6.19.

Aegon Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a semi-annual dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 5th will be given a $0.1723 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 5th. This represents a dividend yield of 4.9%.

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.