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American Financial Group (AFG) Competitors

$115.06
+1.21 (+1.06%)
(As of 03:39 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$112.84
$115.06
50-Day Range
$113.28
$123.91
52-Week Range
$111.54
$150.98
Volume
182,879 shs
Average Volume
349,270 shs
Market Capitalization
$9.80 billion
P/E Ratio
11.96
Dividend Yield
2.19%
Price Target
$158.33

AFG vs. L, KMPR, HIG, CNA, RNR, KNSL, SIGI, RLI, RE, and WRB

Should you be buying American Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Financial Group include Loews (L), Kemper (KMPR), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), CNA Financial (CNA), RenaissanceRe (RNR), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), RLI (RLI), Everest Re Group (RE), and W. R. Berkley (WRB). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.

American Financial Group vs.

Loews (NYSE:L) and American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.

American Financial Group has a consensus price target of $158.33, indicating a potential upside of 37.61%. Given American Financial Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Financial Group is more favorable than Loews.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Loews
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
American Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Loews has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Financial Group has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Loews has higher revenue and earnings than American Financial Group. American Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loews, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Loews$14.04 billion0.93$1.01 billion$4.4113.02
American Financial Group$7.04 billion1.39$898 million$9.6211.96

American Financial Group received 48 more outperform votes than Loews when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.69% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote while only 60.41% of users gave Loews an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LoewsOutperform Votes
267
60.41%
Underperform Votes
175
39.59%
American Financial GroupOutperform Votes
315
60.69%
Underperform Votes
204
39.31%

64.0% of Loews shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of American Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Loews shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of American Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Loews had 8 more articles in the media than American Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Loews and 2 mentions for American Financial Group. American Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Loews' score of 0.94 indicating that American Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Loews
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Financial Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Loews pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Loews pays out 5.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Financial Group pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. American Financial Group has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years. American Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

American Financial Group has a net margin of 11.40% compared to Loews' net margin of 7.27%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 23.44% beat Loews' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Loews 7.27% 7.68% 1.56%
American Financial Group 11.40% 23.44% 3.26%

Summary

American Financial Group beats Loews on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AFG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AFG vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Financial GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.80B$31.95B$5.95B$14.38B
Dividend Yield2.21%2.75%9.56%4.09%
P/E Ratio11.9644.40157.2618.34
Price / Sales1.391.556,362.289.12
Price / Cash8.8734.6832.0615.14
Price / Book2.421.761.836.90
Net Income$898M-$281.85M$642.92M$895.83M
7 Day Performance-0.78%-3.08%-0.76%-1.35%
1 Month Performance-6.25%-0.30%-1.75%-2.15%
1 Year Performance-16.76%-5.24%-8.37%-10.50%

American Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
L
Loews
2.6212 of 5 stars
$57.91
-1.2%
N/A-13.4%$13.20B$14.04B13.1312,050Short Interest ↓
KMPR
Kemper
2.3072 of 5 stars
$44.61
-1.0%
$71.25
+59.7%
-16.2%$2.88B$5.48B-9.969,500
HIG
The Hartford Financial Services Group
3.3582 of 5 stars
$71.07
+0.2%
$86.15
+21.2%
-5.5%$22.05B$22.36B12.2318,800
CNA
CNA Financial
2.1927 of 5 stars
$38.51
-1.0%
$41.00
+6.5%
-20.0%$10.43B$11.88B11.966,100
RNR
RenaissanceRe
2.0562 of 5 stars
$196.39
+3.9%
$206.80
+5.3%
+21.5%$8.63B$5.06B-54.25649High Trading Volume
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
0 of 5 stars
$312.67
-3.6%
N/AN/A$7.24B$819.20M39.58N/A
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
2.3126 of 5 stars
$101.57
-1.5%
$98.86
-2.7%
+27.3%$6.14B$3.56B24.592,520
RLI
RLI
2.0241 of 5 stars
$128.38
-1.3%
$150.50
+17.2%
+5.0%$5.92B$1.80B9.281,001
RE
Everest Re Group
2.9966 of 5 stars
$365.01
+1.0%
$410.60
+12.5%
+22.9%$14.34B$12.06B21.652,428Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
WRB
W. R. Berkley
3.4056 of 5 stars
$57.76
-1.0%
$77.64
+34.4%
-20.7%$15.06B$11.17B14.858,186Positive News

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