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AMERICAN FINL GROUP INC OHIO (NYSE)
AFG 37.56 0.08 (0.21%) Vol.  279,397 16:00 ET

Zacks Rank: 3 - Hold

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Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
# 1Strong Buy26.83%
# 2Buy18.69%
# 3Hold9.7%
# 4Sell4.03%
# 5Strong Sell1.63%
S&P5009.43%
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Day Low - High 37.21 - 37.69
52wk Low - High 29.45 - 38.00
Avg Volume 293,271
Industry INS-PROP&CASLTY
Market Cap 3.70 B
Div - Yield 0.70 - 1.87
PE (forward) 10.44
PEG Ratio 1.3
Current Year Est. 3.59
EPS Last Year 3.55
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# 2Buy18.69%
# 3Hold9.7%
# 4Sell4.03%
# 5Strong Sell1.63%
S&P5009.43%
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Top Peers Ticker Zacks Rank
AMERICAN FINL GROUP INC OHIO AFG 3
PROASSURANCE CP PRA 1
GLOBAL INDEMNTY GBLI 2
ACE LIMITED ACE 2
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 1.80
ABR (Last Week) N/A
# of Recs in ABR 5
Average Target Price 43.25
Rank in Industry 8 out of 61
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Rating Recommendation % of Stocks
5 stars Strong Buy 10%
4 stars Buy 20%
3 stars Hold 40%
2 stars Sell 20%
1 stars Strong Sell 10%
0 stars Not Rated  

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NEWS
American Financial Group Inc (AFG) Corporate Event Announcement Notice
Feb 09, 2012
American Financial Group Inc (AFG) Corporate Event Announcement Notice - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 09, 2012
Short-term Underperformance Detected in Shares of Hartford Financial Services in the Multi-line Insurance Industry (HIG, AIG, L, GNW, AFG)
Feb 08, 2012
American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) Co-CEO & Co-President Carl H Iii Lindner sells 122,500 ... - GuruFocus
Feb 08, 2012
Short-term Underperformance Detected in Shares of Hartford Financial Services in the Multi-line Insurance Industry (HIG, AIG, L, GNW, AFG) - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 08, 2012
American Financial Group Inc (AFG) Corporate Event Announcement Notice
Feb 02, 2012
Recent 52-Week High Exceeded in Shares of American Financial (AFG)
Feb 02, 2012
Shares of American International Rank the Highest in Terms of Relative Performance in the Multi-line Insurance Industry (AIG, HIG, GNW, HCC, AFG)
Feb 02, 2012
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
03/2012
Next Quarter
06/2012
This Year
12/2012
Next Year
12/2013
Average Estimate 0.78 0.81 3.59 3.62
Number of Estimates 3 2 5 5
Low Estimates 0.77 0.73 3.50 3.30
High Estimate 0.81 0.88 3.70 3.90
Year Ago EPS 0.81 0.78 3.53 3.59
EPS Growth -3.29% 3.21% 1.70% 0.84%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
American Financial Group is a holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged primarily in private passenger automobile and specialty property and casualty insurance businesses and in the sale of tax-deferred annuities and certain life and supplemental health insurance products.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 3.55
Sales 4750
Net Income 343
Price/Earnings 10.56
Price/Book .81
Price/Cash Flow 6.24
Price/Sales .78


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