American Financial Group, Inc. · AFG · NYSE
Dividend report · updated Nov 13, 2026
$161.05 +0.49% on the day, +$0.78
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Yearly payout / yield
$3.88·2.41%
$0.97 quarterly x 4 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.97/qtr
pays ~Jan 1, 2027 (est.) ⓘ
Next ex-date
Dec 30est.
own by Dec 29 ⓘ
Years without a cut
4 yrs
since the 2021 cut (-93.8%) ⓘ
Recession record
2000cut2008raised2020raised2022raised
cut in 2002
Yield vs history ⓘ
58
Near its usual yield
AFG share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
AFG Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y +11.0%3Y +7.4%5Y -31.9%10Y +10.9%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). Orange = special or irregular payment. The enlarge button shows all 184 payments since 1986.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year; 2026 YTD is paid so far, the amounts vary too much to estimate the rest. Years with an extra or a missing payment (dates sliding across New Year) are compared per payment. Totals include specials; the growth line leaves them out.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. Pace: +12.5% a year, its typical raise over the last 5 years. Special payments are left out. From 2029 it slows by a quarter each year. Today's $3.88 a year would be $6.05 by 2031 - 3.76% on today's $161.05 price.

How Many AFG Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $3.88 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 1,547 AFG shares, about $249,144 at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $161.05. $1,000 a month takes about 3,093 shares, about $498,128. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

American Financial Group (AFG) pays $0.97 a share quarterly, $3.88 a year, a 2.41% run-rate yield at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $161.05. It has made 184 dividend payments since 1986.

At today’s rate of $0.97 quarterly and the last close of $161.05, this is what AFG pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.97$0.32$3.88
100 shares$97.00$32.33$388.00
$10,000 invested (62.1 shares)$60.23$20.08$240.92
1,547 shares ($500/mo)$1,500.59$500.20$6,002.36
3,093 shares ($1,000/mo)$3,000.21$1,000.07$12,000.84

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 AFG shares reinvest into 0.60 new shares each payment, about 2.4 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 167 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with AFG’s own history in the AFG DRIP calculator.

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An algorithmic rating built from reported data, not a recommendation.
  • Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Coverage (FCF): is spare cash enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
  • Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
  • Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
  • Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
  • Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
  • Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
  • Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
  • Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
  • Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
  • Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
  • Crash record: what the dividend did in the 2008 crash history

AFG Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

58/100Near its usual yieldvs its 10-yr history
  • AFG yields 2.41% today, at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $161.05.
  • Its own 10-year median is 2.18%, so today’s yield is near its usual level.
  • No steady norm: its payout changed too much in 3 years to read a steady norm. So this reads today’s yield against its own 10-year history as it is.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
1.77% low17.48% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 10-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is AFG’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After October 2026

AFG has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 76 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Dec 30, 2026, with the cash around Jan 1, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.97 a share, went ex on Oct 15, 2026 and paid Oct 19, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 76 days (quarterly)
  • Payment: usually about 2 days after the ex-date
  • Next earnings report: Feb 2, 2027

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does AFG Pay?

AFG pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Feb, Apr, Jul and Oct, with ex-dates in Feb, Apr, Jul and Oct. The ex-date comes about every 76 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$7.11 a share, in 6 payments.
-23.4% against the 12 months before ($9.28 in 6 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays in Feb, Apr, Jul and Oct. Ex-dates fall in Feb, Apr, Jul and Oct (latest 4 payments).
Raise history
  • Streak: 0 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last raise: Oct 15, 2026 - $0.88 to $0.97 (+$0.09, +10.23%)
  • Usual $ step: $0.08 (median of the raises before it)
Coverage
  • EPS payout: 28.7% - $3.52 paid / $12.26 EPS (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 43.1% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
Deposits, loans and policy float run through operating cash flow here, so it does not measure dividend coverage.

AFG vs Similar Dividend Stocks (AFGC, FUTU...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Financial Services companies closest to AFG in market value, AFG’s 2.41% run-rate yield is below the group’s middle yield of 3.47%, and its raise streak of 0 years is the 8th longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating Recessions ⓘ No cut ⓘ
AFG $161.05American Financial Group $0.97/qtr$3.88/yr fwd 2.41% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20022000 cut2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 4 yrsno raise streak
AFGC $16.78American Financial Group $0.32/qtr$1.28/yr fwd 7.63% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 2+ yrsno raise streak
FUTU $95.75Futu Holdings Limited $2.60/yr 2.72% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — —no raise streak
AEG $8.62Aegon $0.246/yr 2.85% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20202000 varied2008 stopped2020 cut2022 raised 5 yrsraised 4 yrs in a row
AEGOF $8.67Aegon N.V. $0.2441/half-yr$0.49/yr fwd 5.63% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 3+ yrsraised 2 yrs in a row
MGPUF $4.29M&G $0.0919/half-yr$0.18/yr fwd 4.28% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 2+ yrsraised 2+ yrs in a row
CNA $48.53CNA Financial $0.48/qtr$1.92/yr fwd 3.96% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Stopped in 20082008 stopped2020 held2022 raisedno 2000 record 15 yrsraised 9 yrs in a row
ARCC $19.17Ares Capital $0.48/qtr$1.92/yr fwd 10.02% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20092008 cut2020 held2022 raisedno 2000 record 5 yrsno raise streak
SEIC $108.91SEI Investments $0.52/half-yr$1.04/yr fwd 0.95% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 31 yrsraised 30 yrs in a row
ERIE $274.76Erie Indemnity $1.4625/qtr$5.85/yr fwd 2.13% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 29+ yrsraised 4 yrs in a row
IVZ $28.92Invesco $0.215/qtr$0.86/yr fwd 2.97% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20202000 varied2008 raised2020 cut2022 raised 5 yrsraised 1 yr in a row

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: AFG vs AFGC, AFG vs FUTU, AFG vs AEG.

AFG Dividend History: Every Payment Since 1986

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Oct 15, 2026Oct 19, 2026$0.97QuarterlyRegular
Jul 15, 2026Jul 17, 2026$0.88QuarterlyRegular
Apr 15, 2026Apr 17, 2026$0.88QuarterlyRegular
Feb 13, 2026Feb 16, 2026$1.50QuarterlyRegular
Jan 15, 2026Jan 19, 2026$0.88QuarterlyRegular
Nov 17, 2025Nov 19, 2025$2.00QuarterlyRegular
Oct 15, 2025Oct 17, 2025$0.88QuarterlyRegular
Jul 15, 2025Jul 17, 2025$0.80QuarterlyRegular
Apr 15, 2025Apr 17, 2025$0.80QuarterlyRegular
Mar 17, 2025Mar 19, 2025$2.00QuarterlyRegular
The other 174 AFG payments come with a paid plan.
Show all 184 payments »
Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for AFG

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AFG Dividend Questions

How often does AFG pay dividends?

AFG pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Feb, Apr, Jul and Oct, with ex-dates in Feb, Apr, Jul and Oct. The ex-date comes about every 76 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.

Does AFG pay dividends monthly?

No. AFG pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.

When is the next AFG dividend?

AFG has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 76 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Dec 30, 2026, with the cash around Jan 1, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.97 a share, went ex on Oct 15, 2026 and paid Oct 19, 2026. The current rate is $0.97 per share, $3.88 a year.

Does AFG pay a dividend in January 2027?

Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Dec 30, 2026, with the cash around Jan 1, 2027, so a payment in January 2027 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.

How much does AFG pay per share?

AFG pays $0.97 a share quarterly, $3.88 a year. At the Nov 13, 2026 close of $161.05 that is a 2.41% run-rate yield, near its usual level: its own 10-year median is 2.18%.

Has AFG raised its dividend?

AFG has no current streak of yearly raises. The latest raise, on Oct 15, 2026, took the rate from $0.88 to $0.97 (+10.23%). Over five years the dividend grew -31.9% a year.

Is AFG’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. AFG paid out 29% of its earnings as dividends over the 4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026. It has gone 4 years without a cut. Through the market crashes: it raised the dividend through the 2008, 2020 and 2022 crashes; it cut it in the 2000 (in 2002) crash. This is data, not investment advice. The full 8-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my AFG dividends?

Add AFG to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run AFG in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular dividend per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 13, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 8 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.