ALL - Allstate Corp-The Stock Price, Fair Value and News

172.30USD-2.98 (-1.70%)Market Closed

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USD172.30-2.98

Market Closed

-1.70%

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1 major insider sales recently.

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Market Cap

46.1B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

-145.88

Price/Sales (Trailing)

0.81

Price/Free Cashflow

11.64

ALL Price/Sales (Trailing)

ALL Profitability

Return on Equity

-1.78%

Return on Assets

-0.31%

Free Cashflow Yield

8.59%

ALL Fundamentals

ALL Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

57.1B

Rev. Growth (Yr)

8.68%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

2.31%

ALL Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

-316.0M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

581.85%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

3.7K%

Breaking Down ALL Revenue

Last 7 days

6.7%

Last 30 days

6.0%

Last 90 days

11.3%

Trailing 12 Months

51.2%

How does ALL drawdown profile look like?

ALL Financial Health

Debt/Equity

0.45

Debt/Cashflow

0.53

ALL Investor Care

Dividend Yield

2.03%

Dividend/Share (TTM)

3.56

Buy Backs (1Y)

0.10%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

-1.24

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	52.9B	54.6B	55.9B	57.1B
2022	50.5B	50.0B	50.8B	51.4B
2021	44.5B	46.7B	48.5B	50.6B
2020	43.6B	42.8B	42.4B	41.9B
2019	41.0B	42.1B	42.7B	44.7B
2018	39.5B	39.8B	40.4B	39.8B
2017	37.3B	38.0B	38.6B	39.4B
2016	35.6B	35.8B	35.9B	36.5B
2015	35.5B	35.6B	35.7B	35.7B
2014	34.7B	34.8B	35.3B	35.2B
2013	33.4B	33.9B	34.3B	34.5B
2012	32.9B	33.1B	33.0B	33.3B
2011	31.7B	32.2B	32.5B	32.7B
2010	31.9B	31.0B	31.4B	31.4B
2009	29.2B	30.3B	30.5B	32.0B
2008	0	34.3B	31.9B	29.4B
2007	0	0	0	36.8B

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Allstate Corp-The

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Apr 05, 2024	toohey robert	acquired	-	-	2,429	evp, chief hr officer - aic
Apr 05, 2024	toohey robert	sold (taxes)	-110,605	172	-640	evp, chief hr officer - aic
Apr 01, 2024	keane margaret m	acquired	31,235	172	181	-
Apr 01, 2024	brown donald eugene	acquired	31,235	172	181	-
Apr 01, 2024	traquina perry m	acquired	38,655	172	224	-
Mar 26, 2024	dugenske john e	sold	-5,276,200	170	-31,000	-
Mar 22, 2024	wilson thomas j	gifted	-	-	126,548	chairman, president & ceo
Mar 22, 2024	wilson thomas j	gifted	-	-	-126,548	chairman, president & ceo
Feb 27, 2024	pintozzi john c	sold	-637,880	159	-4,000	svp, controller, and cao
Feb 26, 2024	toohey robert	sold	-274,647	159	-1,717	evp, chief hr officer - aic

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 23, 2024	Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia, Omsesidigt	unchanged	-	12,661	66,413	0.01%
Apr 23, 2024	REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP	reduced	-0.16	1,542,380	8,133,200	0.06%
Apr 23, 2024	FIFTH THIRD BANCORP	reduced	-2.97	566,481	3,409,340	0.01%
Apr 23, 2024	HALL LAURIE J TRUSTEE	unchanged	-	23,000	118,000	0.04%
Apr 23, 2024	BFSG, LLC	reduced	-80.38	-514,477	164,706	0.02%
Apr 23, 2024	Principle Wealth Partners LLC	added	100	5,172,630	8,686,830	0.34%
Apr 23, 2024	Tennessee Valley Asset Management Partners	sold off	-100	-12,806	-	-%
Apr 23, 2024	MOODY LYNN & LIEBERSON, LLC	unchanged	-	89,049	466,435	0.03%
Apr 23, 2024	BSW Wealth Partners	reduced	-0.07	97,642	512,914	0.09%
Apr 23, 2024	CIGNA INVESTMENTS INC /NEW	reduced	-1.11	87,000	479,000	0.09%

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1 major insider sales recently.

Unveiling Allstate Corp-The's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 13, 2024	vanguard group inc	12.30%	32,184,316	SC 13G/A
Jan 26, 2024	blackrock inc.	7.2%	18,903,948	SC 13G/A
Jul 10, 2023	vanguard group inc	11.01%	28,947,654	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2023	vanguard group inc	9.60%	25,452,561	SC 13G/A
Feb 08, 2023	state street corp	4.76%	12,633,281	SC 13G/A
Feb 03, 2023	blackrock inc.	8.2%	21,752,824	SC 13G/A
Feb 10, 2022	state street corp	5.00%	14,334,930	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2022	vanguard group inc	8.41%	24,105,686	SC 13G/A
Feb 01, 2022	blackrock inc.	8.2%	23,429,927	SC 13G/A
Feb 12, 2021	state street corp	4.82%	14,668,153	SC 13G/A

Recent SEC filings of Allstate Corp-The

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Apr 18, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Apr 09, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 03, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 03, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 03, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 02, 2024	ARS/A	ARS/A
Apr 01, 2024	DEFA14A	DEFA14A
Apr 01, 2024	DEF 14A	DEF 14A
Apr 01, 2024	ARS	ARS
Mar 28, 2024	4	Insider Trading

Peers (Alternatives to Allstate Corp-The)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
ARGO	1.0T	1.3B	-3.06%	3133.49%	-4.8K	757.88	-10.27%	-34.69%
AJG	51.6B	10.1B	-3.50%	14.70%	53.16	5.12	17.79%	-12.97%
AIG	51.0B	46.8B	-1.87%	44.64%	14.01	1.09	-14.05%	-64.38%
TRV	49.1B	42.9B	-4.52%	19.64%	15.63	1.14	13.52%	12.15%
AFL	48.3B	18.7B	-0.51%	26.71%	10.37	2.58	-2.30%	5.45%
ACGL	35.1B	13.6B	3.42%	29.33%	7.9	2.57	41.83%	201.02%
AFG	10.8B	7.8B	-1.14%	7.71%	12.73	1.39	11.18%	-5.12%
MID-CAP
UNM	9.9B	12.4B	-0.67%	27.01%	7.73	0.8	3.35%	-8.77%
AIZ	9.2B	11.1B	-1.85%	50.47%	14.27	0.82	9.21%	132.28%
LNC	4.9B	11.6B	-2.51%	35.58%	-6.48	0.42	-38.09%	-155.38%
AEL	4.5B	2.8B	0.20%	50.67%	21.22	1.58	100.59%	-89.04%
SMALL-CAP
BRP	1.7B	1.2B	-4.27%	12.40%	-18.68	1.38	24.25%	-115.79%
AMSF	974.0M	306.9M	2.19%	-3.93%	15.68	3.17	4.11%	11.70%
AMBC	661.7M	269.0M	-3.43%	-7.17%	147.04	2.46	-46.68%	-99.14%
AAME	39.2M	186.8M	-30.94%	-16.16%	-229.08	0.21	-0.56%	-111.21%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Revenue	2.3%	14,832	14,497	13,979	13,786	13,648	13,208	12,219	12,336	13,011	12,480	12,646	12,451	10,962	10,678	10,403	9,866	11,472	11,069	11,144	10,990	9,481
Interest Expenses	21.6%	107	88.00	98.00	86.00	84.00	85.00	83.00	83.00	84.00	69.00	91.00	86.00	80.00	78.00	79.00	81.00	82.00	80.00	82.00	83.00	81.00
Income Taxes	2100.0%	340	-17.00	-373	-85.00	-114	-236	-289	151	284	20.00	362	626	594	312	273	194	332	229	227	328	-168
Net Income	3661.0%	1,460	-41.00	-1,389	-346	-303	-685	-1,040	634	790	508	1,595	-1,408	2,598	1,126	1,224	513	1,707	889	821	1,261	-585
Net Income Margin	85.1%	-0.01*	-0.04*	-0.05*	-0.04*	-0.03*	0.00*	0.02*	0.07*	0.03*	0.07*	0.08*	0.08*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	-2.0%	1,154	1,178	1,107	522	902	1,922	1,575	302	812	1,240	1,392	1,327	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Assets	2.2%	103,362	101,176	100,514	99,631	97,989	97,676	96,350	97,150	99,440	133,440	132,643	129,811	125,987	122,750	121,266	116,107	119,950	121,073	118,374	115,834	112,249
Cash Equivalents	-16.0%	722	860	699	662	736	786	766	1,130	763	690	656	709	311	304	481	280	273	587	599	551	425
Net PPE	-5.5%	859	909	945	971	987	1,008	975	966	939	965	1,026	1,002	1,057	1,076	1,100	1,123	1,145	1,092	1,058	1,047	1,045
Goodwill	0%	3,502	3,502	3,502	3,502	3,502	3,502	3,496	3,497	3,502	79.00	3,349	3,350	1,038	2,544	2,544	2,544	2,545	2,545	2,547	2,547	2,530
Liabilities	-1.1%	85,732	86,729	85,142	82,258	80,626	80,115	76,326	74,012	74,313	106,733	104,451	103,019	95,770	95,487	94,280	91,934	93,952	94,933	93,898	92,416	90,937
Long Term Debt	-0.1%	7,942	7,946	7,949	8,452	7,964	7,967	7,970	7,973	7,976	7,980	7,996	7,996	7,825	6,635	6,634	6,633	6,631	6,630	6,628	6,453	6,451
Shareholder's Equity	21.8%	17,770	14,593	15,517	1,970	17,488	17,683	52,412	23,075	24,944	26,729	3,668	26,819	30,217	27,263	3,541	48,326	48,074	26,140	45,803	1,085	21,312
Retained Earnings	2.5%	49,716	48,491	48,766	50,388	50,970	51,490	52,412	53,688	53,294	52,736	52,464	51,107	52,767	50,336	49,380	48,326	48,074	46,527	45,803	45,148	44,033
Additional Paid-In Capital	1.1%	3,854	3,811	3,786	3,780	3,788	3,765	3,740	3,706	3,722	3,700	3,668	3,596	3,498	3,453	3,541	3,519	3,463	3,511	3,477	3,291	3,310
Shares Outstanding	0.2%	263	262	262	263	271	274	274	278	295	293	301	303	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minority Interest	4.1%	-140	-146	-145	-121	-125	-112	-91.00	-74.00	-52.00	-22.00	-15.00	-27.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Float	-	-	-	28,400	-	-	-	33,850	-	-	-	38,210	-	-	-	29,940	-	-	-	33,040	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Cashflow From Operations	-0.6%	1,225	1,233	1,169	601	970	2,046	1,673	432	871	1,329	1,528	1,388	1,319	1,296	1,849	1,027	1,234	1,833	1,348	714	1,357
Cashflow From Investing	-30.8%	-1,105	-845	-253	-796	-447	-1,143	-1,119	981	221	446	-670	513	-2,198	-285	-1,026	68.00	428	-2,093	-879	-263	737
Cashflow From Financing	-13.7%	-258	-227	-879	121	-573	-883	-918	-1,046	-1,175	-1,743	-842	-1,480	886	-1,188	-614	-1,095	-1,911	248	-421	-399	-2,055
Dividend Payments	0%	233	233	235	224	228	232	236	230	235	241	245	164	168	169	172	159	163	166	166	158	159
Buy Backs	-100.0%	-	28.00	154	153	370	665	683	802	863	1,226	564	467	-	916	407	414	799	604	332	-	1,241

ALL Income Statement

2023-12-31

Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Revenues
Accident and health insurance premiums and contract charges	$ 52,516	$ 47,736	$ 44,052
Other revenue	2,400	2,344	2,172
Net investment income	2,478	2,403	3,293
Net gains (losses) on investments and derivatives	(300)	(1,072)	1,084
Total revenues	57,094	51,411	50,601
Costs and expenses
Property and casualty insurance claims and claims expense	41,070	37,264	29,318
Shelter-in-Place Payback expense	0	0	29
Accident, health and other policy benefits (including remeasurement (gains) losses of $0, $(4), and $(11))	1,071	1,042	1,060
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	7,278	6,634	6,236
Operating costs and expenses	7,137	7,446	7,260
Pension and other postretirement remeasurement (gains) losses	9	116	(644)
Restructuring and related charges	169	51	170
Amortization of purchased intangibles	329	353	376
Interest expense	379	335	330
Total costs and expenses	57,442	53,241	44,135
(Loss) income from operations before income tax expense	(348)	(1,830)	6,466
Income tax (benefit) expense	(135)	(488)	1,292
Net (loss) income from continuing operations	(213)	(1,342)	5,174
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	0	0	(3,593)
Net (loss) income	(213)	(1,342)	1,581
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	(25)	(53)	(33)
Net (loss) income attributable to Allstate	(188)	(1,289)	1,614
Less: Preferred stock dividends	128	105	114
Net (loss) income applicable to common shareholders, basic	(316)	(1,394)	1,500
Net (loss) income applicable to common shareholders, diluted	$ (316)	$ (1,394)	$ 1,500
Basic
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (1.20)	$ (5.14)	$ 17.28
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0	0	(12.19)
Total (in dollars per share)	(1.20)	(5.14)	5.09
Diluted
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	(1.20)	(5.14)	17.03
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0	0	(12.02)
Total (in dollars per share)	$ (1.20)	$ (5.14)	$ 5.01
Weighted average common shares - Basic (in shares)	262.5	271.2	294.8
Weighted average common shares - Diluted (in shares)	262.5	271.2	299.1
Property and casualty insurance premiums
Revenues
Accident and health insurance premiums and contract charges	$ 50,670	$ 45,904	$ 42,218
Accident and health insurance premiums and contract charges
Revenues
Accident and health insurance premiums and contract charges	$ 1,846	$ 1,832	$ 1,834

ALL Balance Sheet

2023-12-31

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Investments
Fixed income securities, at fair value (amortized cost, net $49,649 and $45,370)	$ 48,865	$ 42,485
Equity securities, at fair value (cost $2,244 and $4,253)	2,411	4,567
Mortgage loans, net	822	762
Limited partnership interests	8,380	8,114
Short-term, at fair value (amortized cost $5,145 and $4,174)	5,144	4,173
Other investments, net	1,055	1,728
Total investments	66,677	61,829
Cash	722	736
Premium installment receivables, net	10,044	9,165
Deferred policy acquisition costs	5,940	5,442
Reinsurance and indemnification recoverables, net	8,809	9,619
Accrued investment income	539	423
Deferred income taxes	219	382
Property and equipment, net	859	987
Goodwill	3,502	3,502
Other assets, net	6,051	5,904
Total assets	103,362	97,989
Liabilities
Reserve for property and casualty insurance claims and claims expense	39,858	37,541
Reserve for future policy benefits	1,347	1,322
Contractholder funds	888	879
Unearned premiums	24,709	22,299
Claim payments outstanding	1,353	1,268
Other liabilities and accrued expenses	9,635	9,353
Debt	7,942	7,964
Total liabilities	85,732	80,626
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Note 7, 9 and 15)
Shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock and additional capital paid-in, $1 par value, 25 million shares authorized, 82.0 thousand and 81.0 thousand shares issued and outstanding, $2,050 and $2,025 aggregate liquidation preference	2,001	1,970
Common stock, $.01 par value, 2.0 billion shares authorized and 900 million issued, 262 million and 263 million shares outstanding	9	9
Additional capital paid-in	3,854	3,788
Retained income	49,716	50,970
Treasury stock, at cost (638 million and 637 million shares)	(37,110)	(36,857)
Accumulated other comprehensive income:
Unrealized net capital gains and losses	(604)	(2,255)
Unrealized foreign currency translation adjustments	(98)	(165)
Unamortized pension and other postretirement prior service credit	13	29
Discount rate for reserve for future policy benefits	(11)	(1)
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss	(700)	(2,392)
Total Allstate shareholders’ equity	17,770	17,488
Noncontrolling interest	(140)	(125)
Total equity	17,630	17,363
Total liabilities and equity	$ 103,362	$ 97,989

About Allstate Corp-The

The Allstate Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty, and other insurance products in the United States and Canada. The company operates through Allstate Protection; Protection Services; Allstate Health and Benefits; and Run-off Property-Liability segments. The Allstate Protection segment offers private passenger auto and homeowners insurance; other personal lines products; and commercial lines products under the Allstate and Encompass brand names. The Protection Services segment provides consumer product protection plans and related technical support for mobile phones, consumer electronics, furniture, and appliances; finance and insurance products, including vehicle service contracts, guaranteed asset protection waivers, road hazard tire and wheel, and paint and fabric protection; towing, jump-start, lockout, fuel delivery, and tire change services; device and mobile data collection services; data and analytic solutions using automotive telematics information; and identity protection services. This segment offers its products under various brands, including Allstate Protection Plans, Allstate Dealer Services, Allstate Roadside, Arity, Avail, and Allstate Identity Protection. The Allstate Health and Benefits segment provides life, accident, critical illness, short-term disability, and other health insurance products; stop-loss and fully insured group health products to employers; and short-term medical and medicare supplement insurance to individuals. The Run-off Property-Liability segment offers property and casualty insurance. It sells its products through agents, independent agents, call centers, retailers, voluntary benefits brokers, strategic partners, financial specialists, wholesale partners, and affinity groups, as well as through online and mobile applications. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.

CEO	Mr. Thomas Joseph Wilson II
WEBSITE	allstate.com
INDUSTRY	Insurance Property & Casualty
EMPLOYEES	54000

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Is Allstate Corp-The a good stock to buy?

The fair value guage provides a quick view whether ALL is over valued or under valued. Whether Allstate Corp-The is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact Allstate Corp-The's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for ALL.

What is Allstate Corp-The's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Tue Apr 23 2024, ALL's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is -145.88 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 0.81. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. ALL PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on Allstate Corp-The's stock?

In the past 10 years, Allstate Corp-The has provided 0.142 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.