AFGE Stock — American Financial Group, Inc.

American Financial Group, Inc. (AFGE)

Updated October 6, 2026.

AFGE is a Stock. its distribution rate is 6.69%, its trailing-12-month yield is 6.69%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 85/100 (Safe). Total return is -11.5% over the past 6.1 years, 166.4 points behind SPY at 154.9%.

At the current 6.69% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $669 per year, or about $167.25 per quarter if the next payment matches the last regular one.

AFGE performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-07.

Total return is -11.5% over the past 6.1 years, 166.4 points behind SPY at 154.9%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -5.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 13.6%.

AFGE key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

85 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

5.69%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

09/18/2020

Distribution rate

6.69%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

6.69%

Last close

$16.81 (stale; as of 2026-10-06)

Market cap

$9,874,969,600

Average volume

5604.0

Last dividend

$0.281

Last ex-dividend date

09/01/2026

Last payment date

09/15/2026 (as of 2026-09-15)

Payout ratio

0.0%

Forward P/E

0.0

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (6.69%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (6.69%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AFGE risks and drawbacks

Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 13.6%.

Who may consider AFGE — and who may not

AFGE may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (AFGE pays quarterly); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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