BB&T Securities boosted its position in shares of AEGON (NYSE:AEG) by 80.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 154,645 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 69,079 shares during the period. BB&T Securities’ holdings in AEGON were worth $876,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Separately, CIBC World Markets boosted its position in shares of AEGON by 7.8% in the fourth quarter. CIBC World Markets now owns 504,726 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,862,000 after buying an additional 36,432 shares during the last quarter.

AEGON (NYSE:AEG) traded down 2.45% during midday trading on Monday, reaching $5.58. 1,392,715 shares of the company’s stock traded hands. The firm has a market cap of $11.82 billion and a PE ratio of 26.96. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $5.61 and its 200 day moving average is $6.27. AEGON has a 52-week low of $5.14 and a 52-week high of $8.35.

Several brokerages recently weighed in on AEG. ING Group raised shares of AEGON from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 20th. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of AEGON from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, January 11th. RBC Capital cut shares of AEGON from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 10th. Finally, SNS Securities raised shares of AEGON from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 3rd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $5.64.

AEGON NV is a life insurance, pensions and asset management company based in the Netherlands. The Company’s products range from life, critical illness and disability insurance, to pensions, annuities, long-term savings and investments. It also offers mortgages, and car, household and travel insurance in some markets. The Company’s segments include: the Americas, which includes the United States, Mexico and Brazil; the Netherlands; the United Kingdom, and New Markets, which includes a number of countries in Central & Eastern Europe and Asia, in addition to Spain, France, Variable Annuities Europe and Aegon Asset Management.

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