Ratios

		vs industry	vs history
P/E(ttm)	19.80	Y's P/E(ttm) is ranked lower than 84% of the 45 Companies in the Global Insurance - Reinsurance industry. ( Industry Median: 10.10 vs. Y: 19.80 )	Y' s 10-Year P/E(ttm) Range Min: 2.79   Max: 46.64 Current: 19.8 2.79 46.64
P/B	1.04	Y's P/B is ranked lower than 93% of the 30 Companies in the Global Insurance - Reinsurance industry. ( Industry Median: 1.10 vs. Y: 1.04 )	Y' s 10-Year P/B Range Min: 0.58   Max: 1.38 Current: 1.04 0.58 1.38
P/S	1.37	Y's P/S is ranked lower than 97% of the 30 Companies in the Global Insurance - Reinsurance industry. ( Industry Median: 1.06 vs. Y: 1.37 )	Y' s 10-Year P/S Range Min: 0.86   Max: 6.24 Current: 1.37 0.86 6.24
PFCF	10.00	Y's PFCF is ranked lower than 117% of the 30 Companies in the Global Insurance - Reinsurance industry. ( Industry Median: 12.88 vs. Y: 10.00 )	Y' s 10-Year PFCF Range Min: 3.17   Max: 72.92 Current: 10 3.17 72.92
EV-to-EBIT	23.57	Y's EV-to-EBIT is ranked lower than 110% of the 30 Companies in the Global Insurance - Reinsurance industry. ( Industry Median: 8.60 vs. Y: 23.57 )	Y' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range Min: 2.1   Max: 247 Current: 23.57 2.1 247
PEG	0.47	Y's PEG is ranked lower than 100% of the Companies in the Global Insurance - Reinsurance industry. ( Industry Median: vs. Y: 0.47 )	Y' s 10-Year PEG Range Min: 0.11   Max: 24.72 Current: 0.47 0.11 24.72
Shiller P/E	13.14	Y's Shiller P/E is ranked lower than 127% of the 30 Companies in the Global Insurance - Reinsurance industry. ( Industry Median: 8.95 vs. Y: 13.14 )	Y' s 10-Year Shiller P/E Range Min: 9.54   Max: 37.68 Current: 13.14 9.54 37.68

Valuation & Return

		vs industry	vs history
Price/Tangible Book	1	Y's Price/Tangible Book is ranked lower than 60% of the 30 Companies in the Global Insurance - Reinsurance industry. ( Industry Median: 0.85 vs. Y: 1 )	Y' s 10-Year Price/Tangible Book Range Min: 0.8   Max: 1.4 Current: 1 0.8 1.4
Price/DCF (Projected)	0.9	Y's Price/DCF (Projected) is ranked higher than 83% of the 30 Companies in the Global Insurance - Reinsurance industry. ( Industry Median: 0.50 vs. Y: 0.9 )	Y' s 10-Year Price/DCF (Projected) Range Min: 0.4   Max: 0.7 Current: 0.9 0.4 0.7
Price/Median PS Value	0.6	Y's Price/Median PS Value is ranked lower than 83% of the 30 Companies in the Global Insurance - Reinsurance industry. ( Industry Median: 0.90 vs. Y: 0.6 )	Y' s 10-Year Price/Median PS Value Range Min: 0.5   Max: 1.3 Current: 0.6 0.5 1.3
Price/Peter Lynch Fair Value	0.3	Y's Price/Peter Lynch Fair Value is ranked lower than 188% of the 16 Companies in the Global Insurance - Reinsurance industry. ( Industry Median: 0.85 vs. Y: 0.3 )	Y' s 10-Year Price/Peter Lynch Fair Value Range Min: 0.2   Max: 4.1 Current: 0.3 0.2 4.1
Price/Graham Number	0.6	Y's Price/Graham Number is ranked higher than 60% of the 30 Companies in the Global Insurance - Reinsurance industry. ( Industry Median: 0.50 vs. Y: 0.6 )	Y' s 10-Year Price/Graham Number Range Min: 0.4   Max: 1.7 Current: 0.6 0.4 1.7
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt)	4.20	Y's Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) is ranked higher than 77% of the 30 Companies in the Global Insurance - Reinsurance industry. ( Industry Median: 11.30 vs. Y: 4.20 )	Y' s 10-Year Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) Range Min: 0.4   Max: 47.7 Current: 4.2 0.4 47.7
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman)	62.92	Y's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) is ranked higher than 73% of the 30 Companies in the Global Insurance - Reinsurance industry. ( Industry Median: 11.88 vs. Y: 62.92 )	Y' s 10-Year Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) Range Min: 1.7   Max: 64.1 Current: 62.92 1.7 64.1

Business Description

Alleghany Corp DEL was incorporated in 1984 under the laws of the State of Delaware. In December 1986, the Company succeeded to the business of its parent company, Alleghany Corporation, a Maryland corporation incorporated in 1929, upon its liquidation. Alleghany is engaged, through Alleghany Insurance Holdings LLC or 'AIHL' and its subsidiaries RSUI, CATA and EDC, in the property and casualty and surety insurance business. The Company owns an approximately 38 percent ownership stake in ORX Exploration, Inc., or 'ORX,' a regional oil and gas exploration and production company, and an approximately 33 percent stake in Homesite Group Incorporated, or 'Homesite,' a national, full-service, mono-line provider of homeowners insurance. AIHL is Alleghany's holding company for its property and casualty and surety insurance operations. Property and casualty operations are conducted through RSUI, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, CATA, headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin and EDC, headquartered in Agoura Hills, California. Surety operations are conducted through CATA. AIHL Re, its Vermont-domiciled captive reinsurance company, has, in the past, been available to provide reinsurance to its insurance operating units and affiliates. RSUI, which includes the operations of its operating subsidiaries RSUI Indemnity Company, or 'RIC,' Landmark American Insurance Company, or 'Landmark,' and Covington Specialty Insurance Company, or 'Covington,', underwrites specialty insurance coverages in the property, umbrella/excess, general liability, directors and officers liability and professional liability lines of business. RSUI writes business on an admitted basis mainly through RIC in the 50 states and the District of Columbia where RIC is licensed and subject to form and rate regulations. RSUI writes business on an approved, non-admitted basis primarily through Landmark, which, as a non-admitted company. RSUI's wholesale brokers are appointed on an individual basis based on management's appraisal of expertise and experience and only specific locations of a wholesale broker's operations might be appointed to distribute RSUI's products. CATA, mainly through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Capitol Indemnity Corporation, or 'Capitol Indemnity,' and Capitol Specialty Insurance Corporation, or 'CSIC,' operates in 50 states and the District of Columbia, with a geographic concentration in the Midwestern and Plains states. Capitol Indemnity conducts its property and casualty insurance business on an admitted basis, with a geographic concentration in the Midwestern and Plains states. Capitol Indemnity also writes surety products such as commercial surety bonds and contract surety bonds on a national basis. PCC's main business is workers' compensation insurance, which is conducted on a direct basis through its wholly-owned subsidiary Pacific Compensation Insurance Company, or 'PCIC'. It is currently licensed in California and seven additional states. Workers' com
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