AAME (Atlantic American) Piotroski F-Score: 8 (As of Jun. 25, 2026) — 60% Above Median


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63 GF Score
Price $1.70
GF Value $2.04
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
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What is Atlantic American Piotroski F-Score?

Atlantic American AAME -2.30% 63 Piotroski F-Score is 8 as of Jun. 25, 2026, which is 60% above its 10-year median of 5.00. GuruFocus rates AAME with a GF Score™ of 63/100 and a GF Value™ of $2.04 (Modestly Undervalued). The stock has 2 warning signs investors should review. Among 484 Insurance companies, Atlantic American ranks better than 96.69% on this metric.

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Atlantic American has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Atlantic American's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

AAME' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 8

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Atlantic American was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.

Atlantic American  (NAS:AAME) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


Atlantic American Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Atlantic American Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Atlantic American's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Atlantic American Piotroski F-Score Chart

Atlantic American Annual Data
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Atlantic American Quarterly Data
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AAME vs UTGN, AFL, MET: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Atlantic American's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score 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.


Atlantic American Piotroski F-Score vs Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Atlantic American's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Atlantic American's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


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How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Sep25) TTM:Last Year (Sep24) TTM:
Net Income was 0.412 + 0.802 + 3.316 + 0.577 = $5.1 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 9.613 + -0.722 + 9.278 + 6.642 = $24.8 Mil.
Revenue was 49.043 + 50.125 + 55.29 + 53.76 = $208.2 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep24)
to the end of this year (Sep25) was
(386.989 + 393.428 + 388.436 + 429.339 + 430.855) / 5 = $405.8094 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep24) was $387.0 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $33.7 Mil.
Total Assets was $430.9 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $321.4 Mil.
Net Income was -2.228 + -1.998 + -0.684 + -1.998 = $-6.9 Mil.

Revenue was 46.745 + 46.997 + 47.668 + 44.519 = $185.9 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep23)
to the end of last year (Sep24) was
(361.62 + 381.265 + 365.751 + 386.007 + 386.989) / 5 = $376.3264 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep23) was $361.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $33.7 Mil.
Total Assets was $387.0 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $281.2 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Atlantic American's current Net Income (TTM) was 5.1. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Atlantic American's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 24.8. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep24)
=5.107/386.989
=0.01319676

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep23)
=-6.908/361.62
=-0.01910293

Atlantic American's return on assets of this year was 0.01319676. Atlantic American's return on assets of last year was -0.01910293. ==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Atlantic American's current Net Income (TTM) was 5.1. Atlantic American's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 24.8. ==> 24.8 > 5.1 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Sep25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep24 to Sep25
=33.738/405.8094
=0.08313755

Gearing (Last Year: Sep24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep23 to Sep24
=33.738/376.3264
=0.0896509

Atlantic American's gearing of this year was 0.08313755. Atlantic American's gearing of last year was 0.0896509. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Total Current Assets and Total Current Liabilities reported. Thus, we use Total Assets and Total Liabilities to calculate current ratio for banks and insurance companies.

Current Ratio (This Year: Sep25)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=430.855/321.367
=1.3406946

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep24)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=386.989/281.23
=1.37605874

Atlantic American's current ratio of this year was 1.3406946. Atlantic American's current ratio of last year was 1.37605874. ==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Atlantic American's number of shares in issue this year was 20.397. Atlantic American's number of shares in issue last year was 20.4. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Gross Profit reported. Thus, we use net income instead of gross profit and calculate Net Margin for this score.

Net Margin (This Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=5.107/208.218
=0.02452718

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=-6.908/185.929
=-0.03715397

Atlantic American's net margin of this year was 0.02452718. Atlantic American's net margin of last year was -0.03715397. ==> This year's net margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Sep24)
=208.218/386.989
=0.5380463

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep23)
=185.929/361.62
=0.51415574

Atlantic American's asset turnover of this year was 0.5380463. Atlantic American's asset turnover of last year was 0.51415574. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+1+1+1+0+1+1+1
=8

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Atlantic American has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Piotroski F-Score →
What does a Piotroski F-Score of 8 mean?
Atlantic American (AAME) has a Piotroski F-Score of 8 as of Jun. 25, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Atlantic American and its competitors. This is 60% above median its historical median of 5.00. Over the past decade, Atlantic American's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 2.00 to 8.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Atlantic American ranks #16 out of 484 companies in the Insurance industry, placing it in the top 3.3%.
Is Atlantic American's Piotroski F-Score too high?
Atlantic American's current Piotroski F-Score of 8 is 60% above median its 10-year median of 5.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 2.00 to a high of 8.00. The Insurance industry median Piotroski F-Score is 6.00. Atlantic American's value of 8 is 33.3% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Atlantic American ranks #16 out of 484 companies in the Insurance industry, which is in the top quartile — a strong position relative to peers. Overall, Atlantic American has a GF Score™ of 63/100 and is considered Modestly Undervalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Atlantic American's Piotroski F-Score compare to UTGN and AFL?
According to the Insurance industry distribution chart, Atlantic American ranks #16 out of 484 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places Atlantic American in the top 3% of its industry — outperforming the majority of peers. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 6.00. Atlantic American's value of 8 is 33.3% above this benchmark. Historically, Atlantic American's own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 2.00 to 8.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 5.00 vs. the industry median of 6.00, Atlantic American has consistently been above the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Piotroski F-Score for an Insurance company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Insurance companies is 6.00, based on 484 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Piotroski F-Score significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Piotroski F-Score should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Atlantic American's current Piotroski F-Score of 8 is 33.3% above the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Piotroski F-Score mean?
A high Piotroski F-Score can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Atlantic American and its competitors. For the Insurance industry, the median Piotroski F-Score is 6.00 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Atlantic American's current Piotroski F-Score is 8, which is 60% above median its own 10-year median of 5.00. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Atlantic American stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Atlantic American (AAME) is currently considered Modestly Undervalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $2.04, compared to a current price of $1.70 — trading 16.7% below its estimated fair value. The current Piotroski F-Score is 8, which is 60% above median its 10-year median of 5.00 and 33.3% above the Insurance industry median of 6.00. Atlantic American's overall GF Score™ is 63/100 with 2 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Piotroski F-Score calculated?
Piotroski F-Score is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Atlantic American (AAME), the current Piotroski F-Score is 8 as of Jun. 25, 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Atlantic American (AAME) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Atlantic American stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $1.70 is trading 16.7% below its estimated GF Value™ of $2.04. GuruFocus considers Atlantic American to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for AAME:

  • Piotroski F-Score: 8 (60% above median its 10-year median of 5.00)
  • GF Value™: $2.04 vs. price of $1.70 (16.7% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 63/100 with 2 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 33.3% above the Insurance median (#16 of 484)

No single metric tells the full story. See the AAME stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Atlantic American Business Description

Address 4370 Peachtree Road, North East, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30319
Atlantic American Corp operates in specialty markets within the life and health and property and casualty insurance industries. The company has two segments: American Southern, It provides property and casualty insurance including bodily injury and property damage liability coverage, uninsured motorist coverage, and physical damage coverage for commercial accounts, and Bankers Fidelity, the company's life and health operations offer a variety of life and supplemental health products including ordinary and term life insurance, Medicare supplement, and other health insurance.
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