After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
AFG belongs to the Financial sector of the NYSE while operating in the Insurance – Property & Casualty industry. The current market capitalization of American Financial Group Inc is $10.32B. A total of 0.7 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 529.83K shares.
In the most recent transaction, VON LEHMAN JOHN I sold 2,542 shares of AFG for 125.67 per share on Mar 18 ’25. After the transaction, the Director now owns 11,080 company shares. In a previous transaction on Mar 18 ’25, John I. Von Lehman bought 2,542 shares at 126.52 per share.
Among the insiders who bought shares, JOSEPH GREGORY G acquired of 3,000 shares on Feb 20 ’25 at a per-share price of $121.00. This resulted in the Director holding 57,477 shares of AFG after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Murray Amy Y bought 1,200 shares at $125.17 per share on Jun 28 ’24. Company shares held by the Director now total 1,200.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. American Financial Group Inc pays an annual dividend of $3.03, resulting in a dividend yield of 2.45%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.97. AFG’s most recent ex-dividend date was 2.45% when it declared a $0.80 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 4/15/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 3/17/2025 with an ex-dividend date of . The AFG stock dividend was $2.00 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AFG has a high of $147.83 and a low of $113.80.
As of this writing, AFG has an earnings estimate of $2.22 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 5.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $2.47 per share and a lower estimate of $1.84.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. AFG’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $12.49B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. Its Book Value Per Share was $52.49, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $5.01B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for AFG is Buy with a score of 3.29.
