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Atlantic American Corporation

AAME
53
Insurance - Life · Financial Services
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
53
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Atlantic American Corporation is a small insurance holding company based in Atlanta, Georgia. It sells life insurance and health insurance products to individuals and small groups, mainly in the southeastern United States. The company operates through two subsidiaries — American Southern Insurance and Bankers Fidelity Life Insurance Company.

The company makes money by collecting premiums from policyholders and investing those funds, which is the standard model for life and health insurers. It is a very small company with a market cap under $50 million, which limits its ability to compete with larger national insurers on price or distribution. The main risk Atlantic American faces is its thin operating margins and negative return on invested capital, which suggest the business is struggling to generate consistent profits — a concern for long-term sustainability in a competitive and heavily regulated industry.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+20.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+128.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

80.3%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$34M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Atlantic American Corporation is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 21%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
34.7%
Modest — 34.7% gross margin
Operating Margin
1.4%
Thin — 1.4% operating margin
ROCE
0.5%
Weak — 0.5% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+12.0%
Steady sales growth (12.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
486%
Turns 486% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
11.6%
Modest free cash flow (11.6%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.38
Conservative — low debt load (0.38)
Interest Cover
2.08x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.1x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
7.3x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 7.3

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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