American Financial Group Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Financial Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" American Financial Group stock.
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American Financial Group saw a decrease in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 630,400 shares, a decrease of 33.2% from the March 31st total of 943,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 570,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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American Financial Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 3rd 2021.
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American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:AFG) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 3rd. The insurance provider reported $2.38 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.74. The insurance provider earned $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.25 billion. American Financial Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.80% and a net margin of 3.38%. The firm's revenue was down 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.36 earnings per share.
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American Financial Group's stock was trading at $83.31 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AFG stock has increased by 54.5% and is now trading at $128.70.
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American Financial Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Monday, April 26th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 14th.
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American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.56%. American Financial Group has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of American Financial Group is 23.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, American Financial Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.53% next year. This indicates that American Financial Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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American Financial Group updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.00-8.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.89.

5 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for American Financial Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $69.00 to $125.00. On average, they expect American Financial Group's stock price to reach $99.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 22.5%.
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15 employees have rated American Financial Group CEO Carl H. Lindner III and S. Craig Lindner on Glassdoor.com. Carl H. Lindner III and S. Craig Lindner has an approval rating of 87% among American Financial Group's employees.

Some companies that are related to American Financial Group include American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), American National Group (ANAT), Genworth Financial (GNW) and Horace Mann Educators (HMN).
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American Financial Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AFG."

American Financial Group's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.75%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.69%), LSV Asset Management (3.44%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.29%), Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH (0.58%) and Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.46%). Company insiders that own American Financial Group stock include Carl H Lindner III, James E Evans, John B Berding, Kenneth C Ambrecht, Lehman John I Von, Mckeon Brett, Michelle A Gillis, S Craig Lindner, Terry S Jacobs, Vito C Peraino and William W Verity.
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AFG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Victory Capital Management Inc., Alberta Investment Management Corp, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, and KBC Group NV. Company insiders that have sold American Financial Group company stock in the last year include Lehman John I Von, and S Craig Lindner.
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AFG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Reinhart Partners Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Comerica Bank, Strs Ohio, and Boston Trust Walden Corp. Company insiders that have bought American Financial Group stock in the last two years include Kenneth C Ambrecht, and Vito C Peraino.
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Shares of AFG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AFG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $128.70.

American Financial Group has a market capitalization of $10.97 billion and generates $8.24 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $897 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.62 on an earnings per share basis.

American Financial Group employs 7,600 workers across the globe.

American Financial Group was founded in 1872.

The official website for American Financial Group is www.afginc.com.

American Financial Group is headquartered at 301 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati OH, 45202.

American Financial Group's mailing address is 301 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati OH, 45202. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at (513) 579-2121 or via email at [email protected]