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$37.45 -0.11 (-0.29%)
2/10/2012 11:41 AM

American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG)

CAPS Rating: 3 out of 5

A holding company, through its subsidiaries, is engaged primarily in property & casualty insurance, focusing on specialized commercial products for businesses, & in the sale of fixed & variable annuities & various forms of supplemental insurance products.

Current Price $37.45 Mkt Cap $3.76B
Open $37.25 P/E Ratio 8.80
Prev. Close $37.56 Div. (Yield) 0.70 (2.20%)
Daily Range $37.24 - $37.53 Volume 94,966
52-Wk Range $29.45 - $38.00 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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Persuter (85.09)
Submitted May 02, 2007

I simply find it very difficult to ignore a stock that has a sub-1 price to sales ratio, especially when they still have decent earnings. Good P/E ratio as well, and a very low 1.11 PEG. (Especially low for a company in such a low-growth industry.)… More

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Submitted October 30, 2008

MY MODEL TELLS ME TO MAKE THIS PICK

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Member Avatar 3Fairfield (57.81) Submitted: 11/21/2011 3:55:03 PM : Outperform Start Price: $34.81 AFG Score: -4.68

Strong numbers, excess capital, focus on specialty insurances & positive Fitch's ratings report per 3Q 2011 management discussion. Mid cap value and growth.

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Member Avatar racoveanul (83.54) Submitted: 11/1/2011 9:59:13 AM : Outperform Start Price: $34.76 AFG Score: -1.73

I believe American Financial will bring in 82.77 points considering a 15% S&P performance.

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Member Avatar artmchugh (< 20) Submitted: 8/10/2010 2:38:45 PM : Outperform Start Price: $28.81 AFG Score: +10.83

This company has consistently outperformed many of its peers. It is focused on specialty niche markets so that it is less impacted by what is going on in the general insurance marketplace. Underwriting profit is their mantra and they mean which will generate superior returns at the end of the day.

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Score Leader

peaksanddips

peaksanddips (99.24) Score: +98.91

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in AFG.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
peaksanddips 99.24 10/13/2008 Outperform NS $15.30 +144.83% +45.94% +98.88 0 Comment
lnveligati 40.05 4/24/2009 Outperform 3W $16.04 +133.31% +57.69% +75.62 0 Comment
alphadawgcapital < 20 10/25/2007 Outperform NS $24.76 +51.25% -6.66% +57.91 0 Comment
hillmannw 66.37 10/26/2007 Outperform 5Y $25.00 +49.81% -7.79% +57.60 0 Comment
CINCYSTOCKS 77.13 3/13/2008 Outperform 3Y $23.08 +62.26% +7.35% +54.91 1 Comment
pmDantes 91.15 9/24/2007 Outperform 3M $25.73 +45.52% -7.62% +53.14 0 Comment
ZBullDog 96.64 9/27/2007 Outperform 3Y $25.96 +44.25% -7.92% +52.17 0 Comment
Helmir 85.81 9/28/2007 Outperform 3M $26.19 +42.99% -7.76% +50.75 0 Comment
TheBuckeye < 20 10/3/2007 Outperform 3M $26.47 +41.47% -8.46% +49.92 0 Comment
IntricateFool < 20 10/2/2007 Outperform 5Y $26.55 +41.08% -8.70% +49.78 0 Comment
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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackCreditSuiss 92.68 9/4/2007 Outperform NS $26.60 +40.79% -4.06% +44.85 0 Comment

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