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

4 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 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" AFG shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for American Financial Group's shares. Their AFG share price targets range from $120.00 to $135.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $128.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.9% from the stock's current price.
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American Financial Group's stock was trading at $118.89 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, AFG shares have increased by 3.3% and is now trading at $122.76.
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American Financial Group saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 449,700 shares, a decrease of 11.2% from the December 31st total of 506,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 338,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 7th 2024.
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American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:AFG) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 7th. The insurance provider reported $2.84 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.81 by $0.03. The insurance provider earned $1.73 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.67 billion. American Financial Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.53% and a net margin of 10.89%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.99 earnings per share.

American Financial Group declared a None dividend on Tuesday, February 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 16th will be paid a dividend of $2.50 per share on Wednesday, February 28th. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 15th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous None dividend of $1.50.
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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 2.31%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 18 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. 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 24.07% 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), Argent Mid Cap ETF (AMID), SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE), ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (REGL), Invesco S&P MidCap Quality ETF (XMHQ), Invesco S&P MidCap Momentum ETF (XMMO) and Invesco S&P MidCap Low Volatility ETF (XMLV).

American Financial Group issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 8th. The company provided earnings per share 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other American Financial Group investors own include Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), AT&T (T), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), McDonald's (MCD) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

American Financial Group's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.58%), LSV Asset Management (1.31%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.30%), Norges Bank (0.98%), Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. (0.70%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.53%). 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, Michelle A Gillis, S Craig Lindner, Terry S Jacobs, Terry S Jacobs and William W Verity.
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