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AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC (AFG)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC

American Financial Group Inc is an insurance holding company operating through its Great American Insurance Group. It provides specialized commercial property and casualty insurance products primarily for businesses. The company serves various niche markets with a decentralized business model allowing local decision-making in underwriting, claims, and policy servicing.

Snapshot

Revenue
$8.17B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-1.8%
Net income
$842.0M
Diluted EPS
$10.08
Gross margin
Operating margin
13.1%
Net margin
10.3%
FCF margin
ROE
17.5%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
12.5×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$11.83B
Long-term debt / equity
0.38×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at American Financial Group

  • Revenue fell 1.8% to $8.2B in FY2025, slower than the 6.3% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 13.1% in FY2025, -7.2 pp against 20.4% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $2.0B, up 5.5% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Net income fell 5.1% to $842M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where American Financial Group’s fundamentals sit among the 88 insurance companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin13.1%
46th percentile of 27
Net margin10.3%
46th percentile of 82
Revenue growth (YoY)-1.8%
15th percentile of 88
ROE17.5%
61st percentile of 73
P/E12.5×
59th percentile of 72
Long-term debt / equity0.38×
68th percentile of 48
Short interest4.53d
57th percentile of 87

American Financial Group’s revenue growth of -1.8% ranks in the 15th percentile of the 88 insurance companies reporting it.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 5 insider sales totaling $15.2M. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
2
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
1 new, 3 added
Reduced / exited
5
4 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$386.5M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$200.3M1.4MAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$63.4M453.0KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$47.0M335.6KAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$30.7M219.6KReduced
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$14.6M104.2KNew
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$12.1M86.8KReduced
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$10.9M78.0KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$7.5M53.3KReduced

No longer held by: Point72 Asset Management (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
5
$15.2M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-26
LINDNER CARL H IIICo-CEOSell81.4K$144.28$11.7M
2026-08-24
filed 2026-08-26
LINDNER CARL H IIICo-CEOSell8.6K$144.66$1.2M
2026-08-06
filed 2026-08-07
Weiss Mark ASr. VP & General CounselSell2.8K$144.76$407K
2026-06-24
filed 2026-06-25
Gillis Michelle ASenior Vice PresidentSell2.2K$139.00$312K
2026-06-23
filed 2026-06-24
Thompson David Lawrence JrPresident of SubsidiarySell11.4K$135.05$1.5M

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
1.7M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-1.5%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.53
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
372.9K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-141.7M-1.5%4.53
2026-07-311.7M-8.4%4.59
2026-07-151.9M-2.1%3.60
2026-06-301.9M-5.6%3.01
2026-06-152.0M+11.0%3.83
2026-05-291.8M+12.0%4.71
2026-05-151.6M+12.9%3.68
2026-04-301.4M+8.1%2.75

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$8.17B$8.32B$7.83B$7.04B$6.55B
Gross profit
Operating income$1.07B$1.12B$1.07B$1.12B$1.33B
Net income$842.0M$887.0M$852.0M$898.0M$2.00B
Diluted EPS$10.08$10.57$10.05$10.53$23.30

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$1.73B$1.41B$1.23B$872.0M$2.13B
Current assets
Total assets$32.64B$30.84B$29.79B$28.83B$28.93B
Current liabilities
Long-term debt$1.82B$1.48B$1.48B$1.50B$1.96B
Total liabilities$27.82B$26.37B$25.53B$24.78B$23.92B
Total equity$4.82B$4.47B$4.26B$4.05B$5.01B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$1.53B$1.15B$1.97B$1.15B$1.71B
Capital expenditure
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$2.03B5.5%$248.0M$2.99
Q1 FY2026$1.85B-0.1%$191.0M$2.29
Q4 FY2025$2.06B-4.0%$299.0M$3.59
Q3 FY2025$2.33B-1.6%$215.0M$2.58
Q2 FY2025$1.92B1.3%$174.0M$2.07
Q1 FY2025$1.86B-2.6%$154.0M$1.84
Q4 FY2024$2.15B3.2%$255.0M$3.04
Q3 FY2024$2.37B9.5%$181.0M$2.16

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorFinancials
SIC industryFire, Marine & Casualty Insurance
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2015
SEC CIK1042046

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-25
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10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-07
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8-K2026-08-05
View on EDGAR →
8-K2026-05-21
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8-K2026-04-30
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.