With shares of American International Group (NYSE:AIG) trading around $45, is AIG an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE or STAY AWAY? Let's analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework:
T = Trends for a Stock’s Movement
AIG is an international insurance company, serving customers in a wide range of countries around the world. AIG companies serve commercial, institutional, and individual customers through property-casualty networks of any insurer. In addition, AIG’s companies are providers of life insurance and retirement services. AIG's segments include Chartis, SunAmerica Financial Group, Aircraft Leasing, and Other Operations. The company suffered greatly during the 2008 Financial Crisis but is now on the road to recovery. Insurance companies will continue to rise to demand as new and existing risks continue to be of concern for businesses and consumers worldwide.
T = Technicals on the Stock Chart are Strong
AIG stock has been on a powerful surge higher over the last year and a half. The stock is currently trading at price levels not seen since late 2010. Analyzing the price trend and its strength can be done using key simple moving averages. What are the key moving averages? The 50-day (pink), 100-day (blue), and 200-day (yellow) simple moving averages. As seen in the daily price chart below, AIG is trading above its rising key averages which signal neutral to bullish price action in the near-term.
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(Source: Thinkorswim)
Taking a look at the implied volatility (red) and implied volatility skew levels of AIG options may help determine if investors are bullish, neutral, or bearish.
| Implied Volatility (IV) | 30-Day IV Percentile | 90-Day IV Percentile | |
| AIG Options | 31.11% | 76% | 75% |
What does this mean? This means that investors or traders are buying a very significant amount of call and put options contracts, as compared to the last 30 and 90 trading days.
| Put IV Skew | Call IV Skew | |
| July Options | Flat | Average |
| August Options | Flat | Average |
As of today, there is an average demand from call buyers or sellers and low demand by put buyers or high demand by put sellers, all neutral to bullish over the next two months. To summarize, investors are buying a very significant amount of call and put option contracts and are leaning neutral to bullish over the next two months.
On the next page, let’s take a look at the earnings and revenue growth rates and the conclusion.
E = Earnings Are Mixed Quarter-Over-Quarter
Rising stock prices are often strongly correlated with rising earnings and revenue growth rates. Also, the last four quarterly earnings announcement reactions help gauge investor sentiment on AIG’s stock. What do the last four quarterly earnings and revenue growth (Y-O-Y) figures for AIG look like and more importantly, how did the markets like these numbers?
| 2013 Q1 | 2012 Q4 | 2012 Q3 | 2012 Q2 | |
| Earnings Growth (Y-O-Y) | -12.87% | -123.75% | -153.81% | 33.00% |
| Revenue Growth (Y-O-Y) | -9.20% | -4.09% | 38.76% | 2.64% |
| Earnings Reaction | 5.67% | 3.13% | -7.15% | 1.62% |
AIG has seen mixed earnings and revenue figures over the last four quarters. From these numbers, the markets have been pleased with AIG’s recent earnings announcements.
P = Excellent Relative Performance Versus Peers and Sector
How has AIG stock done relative to its peers, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKB), OneBeacon Insurance Group (NYSE:OB), American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG), and sector?
| AIG | Berkshire Hathaway | OneBeacon Insurance Group | American Financial Group | Sector | |
| Year-to-Date Return | Top Biotech Companies To Invest In Right Now29.91% | 28.24% | 9.28% | 23.66% | 24.32% |
AIG has been a relative performance leader, year-to-date.
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AIG provides valuable and highly demanded insurance products and services to a wide variety of companies and consumers operating across the globe. The stock has been on a strong path towards higher prices and is now trading near levels not seen for almost three years. Over the last four quarters, earnings and revenue figures have been mixed, however, investors have been mostly pleased with what they’ve heard during earnings announcements. Relative to its peers and sector, AIG has been a year-to-date performance leader. Look for AIG to continue to OUTPERFORM.
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