American Financial Group (American Financial Group) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

: 3.89 (As of Today)

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American Financial Group's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.89.

The historical rank and industry rank for American Financial Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

AFG' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.97 Med: 2.61 Max: 5.74
Current: 3.89

During the past 13 years, American Financial Group's highest Yield on Cost was 5.74. The lowest was 1.97. And the median was 2.61.

AFG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
50.25% of 402 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 3.89 vs AFG: 3.89

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, American Financial Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

American Financial Group 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, American Financial Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where American Financial Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

American Financial Group 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of American Financial Group is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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American Financial Group (American Financial Group) Business Description

Industry

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QFI:Germany

Address

301 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 45202

Website

https://www.afginc.com

American Financial Group Inc is a holding company that is engaged primarily in property and casualty insurance services. The company has a focus on specialized commercial products for businesses. American also has annuity operations that are focused on sales of traditional fixed and fixed-indexed annuities in the education, bank, and individual markets. American's insurance operations are conducted through the Great American Insurance Group. The group writes business in all 50 of the United States, primarily through independent agents and brokers.

Executives

Amy Y Murray	director	3429 ARNOLD STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
William W Verity	director	301 EAST FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Terry S Jacobs	director	301 EAST FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Von Lehman John I	director	301 EAST FOURTH STREET, 38TH FLOOR, CINCINNATI OH 45202
John B Berding	director	301 E. FOURTH ST., 27TH FLOOR, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Mark A Weiss	officer: Senior VP & General Counsel	301 EAST FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Michelle A Gillis	officer: Sr. Vice President	301 E. FOURTH STREET, 39TH FLOOR, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Brian S. Hertzman	other: principal financial officer	301 EAST FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Thompson David Lawrence Jr	officer: President of Subsidiary	301 EAST FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
James E Evans	director, officer: Sr. V. Pres. & Gen. Counsel	301 E FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Lindner Carl H Iii	director, officer: Co-President	14TH FLOOR PROVIDENT TOWER, ONE EAST FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
S Craig Lindner	director, officer: Co-President	ONE EAST FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Vito C Peraino	officer: Sr. VP & General Counsel	301 EAST FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Evans N Nwankwo	director	301 EAST FOURTH STREET, 38TH FLOOR, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Kenneth C Ambrecht	director	250 EAST FIFTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202