American Finl Gr Q1 Adj. EPS $2.47 Misses $2.54 Estimate, Sales $1.609B Miss $1.696B Estimate

American Finl Gr (NYSE:AFG) reported quarterly earnings of $2.47 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.54 by 2.76 percent. This is a 36.46 percent increase over earnings of $1.81 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.609 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.696 billion by 5.16 percent. This is a 1.84 percent increase over sales of $1.580 billion the same period last year.