American Financial Group (AFG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Financial Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" AFG shares.
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4 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for American Financial Group's stock. Their AFG share price targets range from $120.00 to $150.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $133.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.6% from the stock's current price.
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American Financial Group's stock was trading at $118.89 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, AFG shares have increased by 6.3% and is now trading at $126.40.
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American Financial Group saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 767,900 shares, a drop of 12.9% from the March 15th total of 882,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 345,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2024.
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American Financial Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 11:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:AFG) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 7th. The insurance provider reported $2.84 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.81 by $0.03. The insurance provider earned $1.73 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.67 billion. American Financial Group had a net margin of 10.89% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.14%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.99 earnings per share.

American Financial Group declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 15th will be given a dividend of $0.71 per share on Thursday, April 25th. This represents a $2.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.25%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 12th.
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American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.23%. The dividend payout ratio is 28.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AFG will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.61% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Property & Casualty Insurance ETF (KBWP), Inspire Faithward Mid Cap Momentum ETF (GLRY), AAM Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF (SMIG), Argent Mid Cap ETF (AMID), SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE), ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (REGL), Acruence Active Hedge U.S. Equity ETF (XVOL) and Invesco S&P MidCap Quality ETF (XMHQ).

American Financial Group updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 11.000-11.000 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 11.700. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

15 employees have rated American Financial Group Chief Executive Officer 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 the company's employees.

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American Financial Group's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Reinhart Partners LLC. (0.11%), Alaska Permanent Fund Corp (0.05%), Hengehold Capital Management LLC (0.03%), Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. (0.00%), Symmetry Partners LLC (0.00%) and Mather Group LLC. (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Amy Y Murray, Brian S Hertzman, Carl H Lindner III, Carl H Lindner III, James E Evans, John B Berding, John B Berding, Lehman John I Von, Mark A Weiss, Michelle A Gillis, S Craig Lindner, Terry S Jacobs, Terry S Jacobs and William W Verity.
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