Should You Hold American Financial In Your Portfolio?
Zacks Investment Research | Nov 26, 2018 04:23AM ET
American Financial Inc. (NYSE:AFG) , a niche player in the property and casualty, and annuity markets, should continue to benefit from strategic acquisitions, better pricing and improved rate environment. This Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) insurer is known for having a combined ratio better that its industry in 26 of the last 28 years.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current-year earnings has moved 0.4% north over the past 30 days.
Shares of American Financial Group have lost 5.1% year to date against the the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here .
Mercury General engages in writing personal automobile insurance in the United States. It came up with a beat of 85.00% in the previously reported quarter. It sports a Zacks Rank #1.
Atlas Financial engages in underwriting commercial automobile insurance policies in the United States. It carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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