AFG vs ALL vs ACGL Stock Comparison

American Financial, Allstate and Arch Capital Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AFG American Financial Group Inc
$150.66 +9.0% 1M +13.9% 1Y
Market cap
$12.58B
P/E
13.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.28B
Div. yield
0.05%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
2 wins
ALL Allstate Corp
$255.91 +12.4% 1M +32.5% 1Y
Market cap
$64.48B
P/E
4.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$70.14B
Div. yield
0.02%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
7 wins
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd.
$102.34 +8.1% 1M +17.4% 1Y
Market cap
$34.45B
P/E
7.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$19.23B
Div. yield
0.00%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Allstate leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Allstate 7, Arch Capital 3, American Financial 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAFGALLACGLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $12.58B $64.48B $34.45B ALL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 13.2x 4.9x 7.4x ALL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.5x 6.8x 10.0x ALL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.2% +5.9% +0.4% ALL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.5% 18.8% 24.2% ACGL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 15.9% 15.4% 16.7% ACGL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.3x -0.4x — ALL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.05% 0.02% 0.00% AFG
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.9% +32.5% +17.4% ALL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.2%/yr +15.4%/yr +19.3%/yr ACGL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 18.3% 25.7% 20.6% AFG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 81/100 75/100 ALL

Percentile Scorecard

AFGALLACGL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAFGALLACGL
Valuation 38 #74 of 119 83 #21 of 119 69 #38 of 119
Growth 19 #93 of 115 92 #10 of 115 59 #48 of 115
Profitability 71 #34 of 113 77 #27 of 113 88 #15 of 113
Financial Health 50 #58 of 114 75 #29 of 114 81 #23 of 114
Shareholder Returns 17 #89 of 107 76 #26 of 107 77 #25 of 107
Overall 39 81 75
  • AFG ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • ALL ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • ACGL ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAFGALLACGLSPY
1 month +9.0%+12.4%+8.1% -0.8%
3 months +4.8%-2.1%-1.5% +3.5%
6 months +16.3%+19.5%+6.2% +7.0%
Year to date +10.2%+22.9%+6.7% +12.2%
1 year +13.9%+32.5%+17.4% +13.0%
3 years +40.3%+107.6%+25.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +11.9%+27.6%+8.0% +23.1%
5 years +11.7%+104.9%+141.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +2.2%+15.4%+19.3% +11.0%
10 years +100.6%+276.7%+289.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +7.2%+14.2%+14.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAFGALLACGLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 18.3%25.7%20.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 17.4%26.5%22.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.21-0.45-0.35 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.761.270.85 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -29.4%-29.7%-26.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.8%-7.0%-3.9% -1.8%
52-week high $153.47$275.13$106.48 $779.14
52-week low $124.18$190.00$84.72 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAFGALLACGL
P/E now vs peer median 13.1xmedian 10.6x 5.0xmedian 10.6x 7.6xmedian 10.6x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.4x 0.9xmedian 1.4x 1.8xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.4xmedian 7.6x 7.4xmedian 7.6x —median 7.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.7xmedian 8.6x 5.3xmedian 8.6x 5.8xmedian 8.6x
P/B now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 1.5x 1.9xmedian 1.5x 1.5xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 2.81median 0.52 0.05median 0.52 0.24median 0.52

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAFGALLACGL
Revenue $8.28B $70.14B $19.23B
Gross profit $3.96B $34.70B $10.47B
Operating income $1.20B $7.91B $5.33B
Net income $953.00M $13.31B $4.69B
Free cash flow $1.43B $12.25B $6.06B
EPS (diluted) $11.48 $50.90 $13.34
Cash & equivalents $1.44B – $1.11B
Total debt $1.82B $7.49B $4.30B
Shares (diluted) 83.00M 259.10M 348.80M
Enterprise value $3.10B $25.75B $28.56B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAFGALLACGL
P/E 13.1x 5.0x 7.6x
P/FCF 8.7x 5.3x 5.8x
P/Operating cash flow 8.0x 5.2x 5.7x
P/S 1.5x 0.9x 1.8x
P/B 2.6x 1.9x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 2.6x 1.9x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 9.4x 7.4x –
EV/EBIT 10.1x 7.8x 7.2x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 0.9x 2.0x
EV/FCF 8.5x 5.0x 6.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.7x 4.9x 6.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.81 0.05 0.24

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAFGALLACGL
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.2% 5.9% 0.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.4% 8.7% 18.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.5% 34.9% 10.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 22.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 23.3% 323.1% 26.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 3.8% – 109.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 24.7% 128.5% 25.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 3.8% 91.2% 27.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 25.5% 139.0% 37.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 4.7% 90.5% 31.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -6.0% 42.6% -1.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.6% 37.6% 10.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -7.4% 43.4% -1.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.3% 40.1% 11.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAFGALLACGL
Gross margin 47.8% 49.5% 54.4%
EBITDA margin 15.6% 11.9% –
Operating margin 14.5% 11.3% 27.7%
Pretax margin 23.1% 24.2% 26.9%
Net margin 11.5% 18.8% 24.2%
FCF margin 17.3% 17.5% 31.5%
Operating cash flow margin 18.9% 17.8% 31.7%
Return on equity 35.0% 40.7% 18.6%
Return on assets 5.1% 10.7% 5.4%
Return on invested capital 15.9% 15.4% 16.7%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.6x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 0.9x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAFGALLACGL
Debt / assets 5.5% 6.0% 5.0%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.2x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.3x -0.4x –
Debt / FCF 1.3x 0.6x 0.7x
Liabilities / assets 85.4% 73.0% 71.8%
Equity / assets 14.6% 27.0% 28.2%
Interest coverage 13.5x 20.1x 34.2x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAFGALLACGL
Dividend yield 4.7% 1.7% 0.0%
Net buyback yield 0.6% 3.7% 9.8%
Shareholder yield 5.3% 5.3% 9.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 60.4% 8.0% 0.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) 40.3% 8.7% 0.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) -24.4% 7.3% -99.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -7.0% 5.1% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAFGALLACGL
Forward P/E 11.5xFY2026 6.8xFY2026 10.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $13.15FY2026 $37.76FY2026 $10.24FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +27.8%FY2026 +8.4%FY2026 +3.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -13.5% -29.7% -9.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.21BFY2026 $64.66BFY2026 $16.72BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.4%FY2026 +8.6%FY2026 +1.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.1% -6.1% -5.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAFGALLACGL
Held by institutions 69.5% 82.8% 91.0%
Institutions holding 511 1,750 903
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.2% +0.0% -1.7%
Institutions buying 274 870 428
Institutions selling 144 532 364
Buyers to sellers 1.90 1.64 1.18

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AFGALLACGL
AFG 1.00 0.53 0.60
ALL 0.53 1.00 0.72
ACGL 0.60 0.72 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AFG, ALL and ACGL?

Allstate (ALL) is the largest by market capitalisation: American Financial (AFG) $12.58B, Allstate (ALL) $64.48B, Arch Capital (ACGL) $34.45B.

Which stock is cheaper, AFG, ALL and ACGL?

Allstate (ALL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (American Financial (AFG) 13.2x, Allstate (ALL) 4.9x, Arch Capital (ACGL) 7.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Allstate (ALL) is cheapest (American Financial (AFG) 11.5x, Allstate (ALL) 6.8x, Arch Capital (ACGL) 10.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Allstate (ALL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: American Financial (AFG) -0.2%, Allstate (ALL) +5.9%, Arch Capital (ACGL) +0.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arch Capital (ACGL) has the highest net margin (American Financial (AFG) 11.5%, Allstate (ALL) 18.8%, Arch Capital (ACGL) 24.2%). On return on invested capital, Arch Capital (ACGL) leads (American Financial (AFG) 15.9%, Allstate (ALL) 15.4%, Arch Capital (ACGL) 16.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Allstate (ALL) returned the most: American Financial (AFG) +13.9%, Allstate (ALL) +32.5%, Arch Capital (ACGL) +17.4%. Over five years, Arch Capital (ACGL) compounded fastest (American Financial (AFG) +2.2%/yr, Allstate (ALL) +15.4%/yr, Arch Capital (ACGL) +19.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

American Financial (AFG) has the highest dividend yield: American Financial (AFG) 0.05%, Allstate (ALL) 0.02%, Arch Capital (ACGL) 0.00%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, American Financial (AFG) has been the steadiest (American Financial (AFG) 18.3%, Allstate (ALL) 25.7%, Arch Capital (ACGL) 20.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AFG, ALL and ACGL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Allstate (ALL) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.