Dividends

AFGAmerican Financial Group

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+2.2% today · +16.3% over a year

8/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 61% of the instruments we score

Stability: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 12.8). Dividend yield 2.29%.

American Financial Group (AFG) dividends: trailing yield 2.29%, next ex-dividend date 16 Nov 2026, Dividend Safety 66/100, not lowered for 3 years.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
2.29%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
2.46%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$7.11
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
66 / 100
Safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
2.29% → 1.88%
Forward
2.46% → 2.02%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 1.88%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

Ex-dividend date
16 Nov 2026
Payment date
25 Nov 2026
Amount per share
$3.50
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
−32.7%
Years without a lower dividend
3
Years without a cut of over 10 %
3
Payout ratio (earnings)
29%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $1.00, 2017 $4.79, 2018 $4.45, 2019 $4.95, 2020 $3.85, 2021 $28.06, 2022 $10.59, 2023 $8.10, 2024 $9.43, 2025 $7.282016: $1.002017: $4.792018: $4.452019: $4.952020: $3.852021: $28.062022: $10.592023: $8.102024: $9.432025: $7.28

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
16 Nov 202625 Nov 2026$3.50SpecialAnnounced2
15 Oct 202623 Oct 2026$0.97RegularSingle source1
15 Jul 202627 Jul 2026$0.88RegularVerified2
15 Apr 202627 Apr 2026$0.88RegularVerified2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

Similar dividend payers

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