American Financial Group, Inc.

AFG Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance · NYSE

Market statistics

Annualised volatility 18.9%
Beta vs SPY -0.06
Market correlation -0.041
Rate sensitivity 0.05
Volatility sensitivity -0.06
Traded per day $60.5M

Measured from daily returns over the past year. That is not the same estimator as the beta quoted on most finance sites, which is usually five years of monthly returns, and in a market where single stocks move on their own news the daily figure comes out materially lower. Over this window the average large-cap correlation to the index is far below its long-run level: a low number here is a statement about the last twelve months, not a claim that the security is uncorrelated with the market in general.

As filed with the SEC twelve months to 2025-12-31 · balance sheet 2026-03-31

Revenue $8.17B
Operating income $1.07B
Net income $842.0M
Diluted EPS $10.08
Total assets $32.35B
Total liabilities $27.68B
Shareholders’ equity $4.68B
Cash & equivalents $1.35B
Shares outstanding 83.1M

Short selling — three different measurements

Shares short 1.7M
Days to cover 4.5
Change vs prior -1.5%
Short share of volume 54.7%
Largest fail balance 656
Dates with a fail balance 6

These measure different things and are routinely confused. Shares short is an outstanding position, reported twice monthly (settlement 2026-08-14). Short share of volume counts sell-side transactions flagged short each day, most of which is market-maker hedging closed the same session — the market-wide median is around half. Fail balances are shares that did not settle on time; the SEC states these are cumulative balances whose age cannot be determined, and they are not evidence of naked short selling.

Ownership

Institutions reporting a position 486
Reported value $7.09B

Largest reported holdersamong the managers stored here

ManagerReported valueShares
Balyasny Asset Management L.P. $99.0M 775,425
FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ $78.1M 611,422
BAHL & GAYNOR INC $49.4M 386,839

Schedule 13D activist stakesfilers declaring intent to influence

Filer% of classFiledForm
LINDNER CARL H III 6.8% 2026-04-15 SCHEDULE 13D/A
LINDNER S CRAIG 6.2% 2026-04-15 SCHEDULE 13D/A

On the public record

Moves most like

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KBWP Invesco KBW Property & Casualty Insurance ETF 0.645 0.95×
HIG The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. 0.604 1.03×
L Loews Corporation 0.602 0.86×
AXS Axis Capital Holdings Limited 0.597 1.33×
CINF Cincinnati Financial Corporation 0.594 1.11×

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