American Financial Group, Inc.

DB:QFI Stock Report

Market Cap: €11.8b

American Financial Group Valuation

Is QFI undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of QFI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: QFI (€137) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€319.66)

Significantly Below Fair Value: QFI is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for QFI?

Key metric: As QFI is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for QFI. This is calculated by dividing QFI's market cap by their current earnings.
What is QFI's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13.7x
EarningsUS$895.00m
Market CapUS$12.29b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does QFI's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for QFI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average12.7x
TLX Talanx
10.9x5.0%€20.6b
HNR1 Hannover Rück
13.2x5.7%€29.8b
MUV2 Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft in München
11.2x2.9%€64.1b
AIZ Assurant
15.6x14.5%US$11.6b
QFI American Financial Group
13.7x8.6%€12.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: QFI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.7x) compared to the peer average (12.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does QFI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Insurance Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
QFI 13.7xIndustry Avg. 11.8xNo. of Companies12PE0816243240+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: QFI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.7x) compared to the European Insurance industry average (11.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is QFI's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

QFI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13.7x
Fair PE Ratio10.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: QFI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.9x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst QFI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€137.00
€139.47
+1.8%
5.5%€147.87€125.93n/a5
Nov ’25€118.00
€130.06
+10.2%
6.7%€142.37€121.24n/a5
Oct ’25€120.00
€126.66
+5.5%
6.6%€140.03€119.25n/a5
Sep ’25€119.00
€126.66
+6.4%
6.6%€141.24€116.63n/a6
Aug ’25€121.00
€126.64
+4.7%
5.0%€134.90€117.47n/a6
Jul ’25€114.00
€130.22
+14.2%
5.3%€141.89€124.16n/a6
Jun ’25€117.00
€130.55
+11.6%
5.3%€140.90€123.29n/a6
May ’25€119.00
€128.19
+7.7%
4.9%€135.40€118.82n/a6
Apr ’25€126.10
€124.24
-1.5%
8.4%€135.62€111.63n/a6
Mar ’25€118.30
€123.67
+4.5%
7.9%€136.00€111.95n/a6
Feb ’25€110.60
€119.09
+7.7%
6.8%€133.98€110.28n/a6
Jan ’25€107.70
€116.92
+8.6%
6.6%€130.12€107.37n/a6
Dec ’24€104.00
€116.63
+12.1%
6.9%€131.12€108.19n/a5
Nov ’24€103.20
€123.53
+19.7%
8.1%€134.85€113.16€118.004
Oct ’24€105.50
€124.58
+18.1%
10.0%€138.37€112.19€120.004
Sep ’24€106.20
€125.39
+18.1%
9.1%€134.80€109.30€119.003
Aug ’24€109.60
€138.20
+26.1%
1.4%€140.93€136.38€121.003
Jul ’24€107.60
€150.45
+39.8%
6.9%€164.62€140.20€114.003
Jun ’24€104.50
€150.45
+44.0%
6.9%€164.62€140.20€117.003
May ’24€109.30
€154.62
+41.5%
6.5%€166.51€141.81€119.003
Apr ’24€109.00
€155.62
+42.8%
6.9%€169.51€143.58€126.103
Mar ’24€127.00
€155.62
+22.5%
6.9%€169.51€143.58€118.303
Feb ’24€130.00
€155.68
+19.8%
6.8%€168.91€143.07€110.603
Jan ’24€128.00
€162.48
+26.9%
5.5%€171.48€153.48€107.702
Dec ’23€135.00
€159.49
+18.1%
7.8%€175.66€145.58€104.003
Nov ’23€146.00
€163.51
+12.0%
6.9%€180.25€150.38€103.204

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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