American Financial Group, Inc.

NYSE:AFG Stock Report

Market Cap: US$11.6b

American Financial Group Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

American Financial Group's CEO is Stephen Lindner, appointed in Jan 2005, has a tenure of 19.83 years. total yearly compensation is $9.91M, comprised of 12.6% salary and 87.4% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 5.66% of the company’s shares, worth $657.85M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 10.8 years and 16.3 years respectively.

Key information

Stephen Lindner

Chief executive officer

US$9.9m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage12.6%
CEO tenure19.8yrs
CEO ownership5.7%
Management average tenure10.8yrs
Board average tenure16.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

American Financial Group's (NYSE:AFG) Dividend Will Be Increased To $0.80

Oct 04
American Financial Group's (NYSE:AFG) Dividend Will Be Increased To $0.80

Insufficient Growth At American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:AFG) Hampers Share Price

Sep 02
Insufficient Growth At American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:AFG) Hampers Share Price

American Financial Group: Solid Underwriting In Q2 With Potential Benefits From Rental Inflation

Aug 07

American Financial: Debentures Better Than Dividends For Income Investors

Jun 05

Little Excitement Around American Financial Group, Inc.'s (NYSE:AFG) Earnings

May 30
Little Excitement Around American Financial Group, Inc.'s (NYSE:AFG) Earnings

American Financial Group: Attractive Due To Solid Underwriting And Multifamily Upside

May 09

American Financial Group: An Underwriting Stumble Has Created Opportunity

Nov 09

American Financial Group's (NYSE:AFG) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Oct 05
American Financial Group's (NYSE:AFG) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Insurer American Financial Group Is A Buy Opportunity Despite Elevated Valuation

Sep 08

American Financial Group: Q2, Bullish On Revenue And Bearish On Underwriting

Aug 22

Buy American Financial Group While On Sale

Jun 07

American Financial Q4 2022 Earnings Preview

Jan 31

American Financial declares $0.63 dividend

Jan 03

American Financial Group: Superior Business Fundamentals May Be Reflected In The Price

Dec 22

American Financial GAAP EPS of $1.93 beats by $0.27, revenue of $1.98B beats by $470M

Nov 02

Does American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) Deserve A Spot On Your Watchlist?

Oct 25
Does American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) Deserve A Spot On Your Watchlist?

American Financial Group Is A Potential Hidden Gem

Oct 17

American Financial Group's (NYSE:AFG) Dividend Will Be Increased To $0.63

Oct 07
American Financial Group's (NYSE:AFG) Dividend Will Be Increased To $0.63

American Financial declares $0.63 dividend

Oct 03

American Financial Group: A Way To Play This Today

Sep 01

American Financial raises dividend by 12.5% to $0.63

Aug 18

Is Now The Time To Put American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) On Your Watchlist?

Jul 17
Is Now The Time To Put American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) On Your Watchlist?

American Financial declares $0.56 dividend

Jul 01

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Stephen Lindner's remuneration changed compared to American Financial Group's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$895m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$891m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$882m

Dec 31 2023US$10mUS$1m

US$852m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$865m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$853m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$820m

Dec 31 2022US$13mUS$1m

US$898m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$977m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$1b

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$1b

Dec 31 2021US$12mUS$1m

US$1b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$991m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$860m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$733m

Dec 31 2020US$10mUS$1m

US$325m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$271m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

US$330m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$427m

Dec 31 2019US$10mUS$1m

US$519m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$657m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$714m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$714m

Dec 31 2018US$10mUS$1m

US$530m

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

US$725m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

US$532m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

US$467m

Dec 31 2017US$10mUS$1m

US$475m

Compensation vs Market: Stephen's total compensation ($USD9.91M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD12.74M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Stephen's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.


CEO

Stephen Lindner (69 yo)

19.8yrs

Tenure

US$9,914,566

Compensation

Mr. Stephen Craig Lindner has been Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director of American Financial Group, Inc. since January 2005 and 1985 respectively. He was Co-President of American Financial Group, Inc....


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Stephen Lindner
Co-CEO & Director19.8yrsUS$9.91m5.66%
$ 657.9m
Carl Lindner
Co-CEO & Director19.8yrsUS$9.84m5.99%
$ 695.7m
John Berding
President & Director1.4yrsUS$7.31m0.14%
$ 16.1m
Brian Hertzman
Senior VP & CFO4.4yrsUS$1.19m0.019%
$ 2.2m
Mark Weiss
Senior VP4.8yrsUS$1.17m0.020%
$ 2.3m
James Evans
Executive Consultant & Director10.8yrsUS$444.18k0.13%
$ 15.6m
David Thompson
President & COO of Property and Casualty Insurance Groupno dataUS$2.01m2.11%
$ 245.4m
John Rogers
Chief Information Security Officer & VP8.9yrsno datano data
Michelle Gillis
Senior VP12.7yrsUS$1.19m0.062%
$ 7.2m
Diane Weidner
Vice President of Investor & Media Relations15.3yrsno datano data
Christopher Miliano
Executive VP & CFO of Annuity Operationsno datano datano data
Michael Prager
Executive VP & Chief Actuary of Annuity Operationsno datano datano data

10.8yrs

Average Tenure

63yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: AFG's management team is seasoned and experienced (10.8 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Stephen Lindner
Co-CEO & Director39.8yrsUS$9.91m5.66%
$ 657.9m
Carl Lindner
Co-CEO & Director33.8yrsUS$9.84m5.99%
$ 695.7m
John Berding
President & Director12.5yrsUS$7.31m0.14%
$ 16.1m
James Evans
Executive Consultant & Director39.8yrsUS$444.18k0.13%
$ 15.6m
John Von Lehman
Independent Director16.3yrsUS$305.00k0.016%
$ 1.9m
William Verity
Independent Director22.8yrsUS$308.50k0.014%
$ 1.6m
Gregory Joseph
Lead Independent Director16.5yrsUS$340.50k0.25%
$ 29.5m
Roger Newport
Independent Directorless than a yearno data0.0027%
$ 316.0k
Mary Martin
Independent Director5.8yrsUS$309.25k0.011%
$ 1.2m
Evans Nwankwo
Independent Director3.9yrsUS$298.00k0.0059%
$ 686.6k
Amy Murray
Independent Director3yrsUS$305.50k0.0040%
$ 469.4k

16.3yrs

Average Tenure

65yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: AFG's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 16.3 years average tenure).