By Brian D. Pacampara, The Motley Fool
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 170,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool’s free investing community, insurance holding company AmTrust Financial Services (AFSI) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let’s take a closer look at AmTrust’s business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
AmTrust Facts
| Headquarters (founded) | New York |
| Market Cap | $1.13 billion |
| Industry | Property and casualty insurance |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $1 billion |
| Management |
CEO Barry Zyskind CFO Ronald Pipoly Jr. |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 21.3% |
| Cash/Debt | $234.1 million / $660.4 million |
| Dividend Yield | 1.7% |
| Competitors |
Markel (MKL) Travelers (TRV) |
Source: Capital IQ (a division of Standard and Poor’s) and Motley Fool CAPS
On CAPS, 98% of the 611 members who have rated AmTrust so far believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include cnbcgb and FoolishMikee.
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Less than two months ago, cnbcgb listed several of AmTrust’s positives: “Low P/E trailing and future. … [H]igh recurring income. High ROI…Has momentum, which I normally don’t chase, but this one is repricing appropriately.”
In fact, AmTrust currently sports a cheapish forward P/E of seven. That represents a discount to other insurance stocks like Markel (23.5), Travelers (9.8), and even AIG (AIG) (14.1).
CAPS member FoolishMikee elaborates on the bull case:
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