Allstate (ALL)
One of America's big car-and-home insurers, covering everyday drivers and homeowners.
Is Allstate a good stock for a UK beginner?
The honest version: There's no rating here and nothing for sale. In its favour: currently very high return on shareholders' equity. Worth weighing: revenue growth has been slow in percentage terms.
Is this normal for this company?
Each figure against the range this same company has produced recently. Neither end of a range is the good end.
Share price divided by the earnings actually reported over the four most recent quarters. The range is the same calculation at each of this company's last few results, so roughly the past year.
Profit as a share of sales, from the company's own quarterly statements. The range covers the 5 quarters we hold, and the figure shown is its most recent one.
How these ranges are built
Every number here is the company's own reported figure, not a comparison with other companies. The ranges come from this company's own results and its share price. Where it reports in a different currency from the one its shares trade in, the price-to-earnings range is left out rather than mixing the two.
What does Allstate do?
Allstate takes premiums from drivers and homeowners and, in return, foots the bill for accidents, damage, theft and other covered losses. It profits when it prices those policies right versus what it eventually pays out in claims - a balance (the underwriting cycle) that shifts with the weather, repair costs and legal and litigation trends. It also earns investment income on premiums it's holding before claims come in. The one thing worth watching -> whether pricing keeps pace with claims costs.
On our factor screen it looks strongest on momentum and income, and weakest on growth.
- ✓Pays a dividend - about 1.6% a year
- ✓Growing - revenue up about 12% over the year
- ✓Very profitable - turns about 19% of sales into profit
- ·Low P/E of 5 vs last year's earnings
- ✓Low debt - a sturdier balance sheet
- ✓Strong return on shareholder money (ROE 46%)
- Value screens high
- Momentum screens high
- Income screens high
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Does Allstate pay a dividend?
Yes - Allstate currently pays a dividend of about 1.6% a year, which is £16 a year for every £1,000 invested (the yearly payout as a share of the price). A dividend is a slice of profit handed to shareholders; the yield moves as the price moves, and a company can cut or stop it. An ISA doesn't shelter the US tax on this one →
What do the numbers say about Allstate's dividend?
There's no rating here, and we don't judge whether the dividend will continue - that would be advice. Here are the figures income investors usually look at, and what each one means, so you can weigh it up yourself.
Figures are from the latest available data and can be distorted by one-off results. Past payments don't predict future ones, and a dividend can be cut at any time. This lays out the numbers to help you understand them - it is not a view on what will happen.
Most recent ex-dividend date: 1 Jun 2026. To receive a dividend you must already own the shares before the ex-dividend date; become a holder on or after it and the previous owner keeps that payment. Why the price usually falls that morning →
What do Allstate's numbers mean?
How has it performed?
Growth of £1,000, the worst fall, and year by year
Over about 2 years to 2026-09-11. This is the share price only - reinvesting the dividends would add to it. And it's the USD return - as a UK investor your actual £ return also moves with the exchange rate. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.
How much has Allstate actually fallen?
Over the last 2 years of daily prices, Allstate fell as much as −14% from a high to a later low. Falls like this are normal when you own a share.
Past falls are not a forecast - it can fall further, or recover.
How has it done year by year?
Calendar-year total return - the share price with dividends reinvested - from adjusted closing prices. The current year is only part-complete. Past returns are not a guide to the future.
A closer look at the numbers
Ownership, earnings history, where the money goes, and the outlook range
Does the share price tell you if it's cheap or expensive?
Who owns Allstate?
About 88% of Allstate, or about 88 in every 100 shares, is held by big institutions such as pension and index funds, and company insiders hold about 1%. The rest, roughly 11%, is held by the public and smaller investors.
What this does and doesn't tell you
This is a recent snapshot of the share register, and it moves. We don't read anything into who owns what - a high institutional share is common for any large listed company and is not a signal about it.
Based on beta - how much the price swings versus the whole market. Bumpier isn't bad; it just means a rougher ride, which matters more the sooner you might need the money.
Prices move on results, news and the mood of the whole market - no single headline explains a day, and a quiet week is usually just noise, not a signal.
How much money does Allstate make?
Revenue and profit by quarter, and how much of each sale turns into profit.
Where does each £100 of Allstate's sales go?
A rough split of the latest full-year figures: of every £100 of sales, about £63 covers making the product or service, £18 goes on running costs, tax and interest, and about £19 is left as profit. Margins vary a lot by industry, and one-off items can distort a single year.
When does Allstate report earnings, and how did recent quarters go?
Allstate is next scheduled to report on about 2026-11-04 - dates can move, and we don't predict results; this just tells you when to look.
‘Beat’ and ‘missed’ are against what analysts expected, not whether the business is doing well.
| Reported | Expected EPS: The earnings per share analysts expected for the quarter - the average of their forecasts. 'Beating' or 'missing' is measured against this number. | Actual EPS | vs expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | $7.24 | $10.65 | Beat +47% |
| 2026-02-04 | $10.21 | $14.37 | Beat +41% |
| 2025-11-05 | $7.57 | $13.95 | Beat +84% |
| 2025-07-30 | $3.87 | $7.76 | Beat +101% |
| 2025-04-30 | $2.53 | $3.53 | Beat +39% |
| 2025-02-05 | $6.15 | $7.07 | Beat +15% |
Across the last 6 quarters here, Allstate came in ahead of what analysts expected 6 times. One quarter is noise, not a trend.
See who else reports over the next two weeks →
Where these figures come from
Each quarter a company reports its results against a consensus of analyst forecasts. The figures here are reported versus expected earnings per share from published results; the expectation is that analyst consensus, not our view. Report dates are estimates and can move.
What are the scenarios for Allstate?
An illustrative range for the year ahead — not a prediction or a price target.
What are the pros, cons and common questions?
The case each way, and the questions people ask
disciplined pricing and market-share gains sustain above-average returns across a full underwriting cycle
structurally higher catastrophe losses or regulatory rate caps compress margins over an extended period
What are the pros and cons of Allstate?
A balance check, not a score or verdict.
- currently very high return on shareholders' equity
- low trailing valuation multiple relative to reported earnings
- modest dividend income on top of any price movement
- revenue growth: How fast the company's sales grew versus a year ago. has been slow in percentage terms
- the notably higher forward multiple versus trailing implies the market expects profitability to moderate
- underwriting profit for property-and-casualty insurers can swing significantly from year to year
- catastrophe and severe weather losses
- claims-cost (social) inflation from repair and medical costs and litigation trends
- state-level regulation of insurance rate filings
- competitive pricing pressure from other large insurers
The write-up's own warning lights — if these start happening, the case above changes.
- catastrophe losses spiking well above historical averages
- regulators blocking or delaying requested rate increases
- claims severity trends worsening in reported results
- the combined ratio (a standard insurance profitability measure) deteriorating
Common questions about Allstate
Does Allstate pay a dividend?
Yes - Allstate currently pays a dividend of about 1.6% a year. Dividends are a share of profit paid to holders; the yield moves with the price and payouts can be cut.
When does Allstate report earnings next?
Allstate is next scheduled to report results on about 2026-11-04. Report dates are estimates and can move; this is a diary note for when to look, not a forecast of the outcome.
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