Alleghany Corporation

NYSE:Y Stock Report

Market Cap: US$11.4b

This company has been acquired

The company may no longer be operating, as it has been acquired. Find out why through their latest events.

Alleghany Future Growth

Future criteria checks 3/6

Key information

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Earnings growth rate

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EPS growth rate

Insurance earnings growth2.2%
Revenue growth raten/a
Future return on equityn/a
Analyst coverage

Low

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Recent future growth updates

Recent updates

Seeking Alpha • Mar 28

Merger Arbitrage Mondays: Berkshire Hathaway Acquires Insurer Alleghany For $11.6 Billion

Berkshire Hathaway to acquire all outstanding Alleghany shares for $848.02 per share in cash, for a total equity value of approximately $11.6 billion. This is one of the five largest acquisitions in Berkshire's history and it ends Buffett's six-year drought of large acquisitions. KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners complete the acquisition of CyrusOne.
Seeking Alpha • Mar 09

Alleghany Corporation: Valuation Is In The Right Zone

We stayed out of Alleghany Corporation last time we wrote about it. Key drivers were an attractive valuation offset by better choices available elsewhere in the space. The stock has dropped since then, and we take a look at where we stand today.
Seeking Alpha • Sep 15

Alleghany Corporation: An Interesting Play To Sidestep Crazy Valuations

Forward returns on the S&P 500 appear to be headed well into negative territory as per our estimates. We discuss Alleghany Corporation today, a company that we see handily beating the S&P 500 returns. We look at the recent results and tell you how we came up with our estimates.

Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts

NYSE:Y - Analysts future estimates and past financials data (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsFree Cash FlowCash from OpAvg. No. Analysts
6/30/202211,7373552,0082,073N/A
3/31/202212,0699311,8671,929N/A
12/31/202112,0041,0351,8011,860N/A
9/30/202111,1136781,7721,827N/A
6/30/202110,7699191,6141,667N/A
3/31/202110,0686931,4451,486N/A
12/31/20208,8971029991,037N/A
9/30/20208,534-261,0301,070N/A
6/30/20208,171-62809850N/A
3/31/20208,20256730774N/A
12/31/20199,041858667714N/A
9/30/20197,967114487507N/A
6/30/20197,984309393427N/A
3/31/20197,623308316341N/A
12/31/20186,88740379402N/A
9/30/20187,331905305343N/A
6/30/20186,821306378391N/A
3/31/20186,477113477483N/A
12/31/20176,42590446446N/A
9/30/20176,2096640645N/A
6/30/20176,156476660675N/A
3/31/20176,185452684711N/A
12/31/20166,131457769793N/A
9/30/20166,028541337338N/A
6/30/20165,602482296319N/A
3/31/20165,321587N/A148N/A
12/31/20154,999558N/A326N/A

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings vs Savings Rate: Y's forecast earnings growth (50.2% per year) is above the savings rate (2%).

Earnings vs Market: Y's earnings (50.2% per year) are forecast to grow faster than the US market (13.7% per year).

High Growth Earnings: Y's earnings are expected to grow significantly over the next 3 years.

Revenue vs Market: Y's revenue is expected to decline over the next 3 years (-8.9% per year).

High Growth Revenue: Y's revenue is forecast to decline over the next 3 years (-8.9% per year).

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

Future ROE: Insufficient data to determine if Y's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2022/10/19 14:47
End of Day Share Price 2022/10/18 00:00
Earnings2022/06/30
Annual Earnings2021/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Alleghany Corporation is covered by 6 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Lawrence GreenbergBrean Capital Historical (Janney Montgomery)
Matthew CarlettiCitizens JMP Securities, LLC
Philip StefanoDeutsche Bank