Aflac (AFL) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aflac in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" AFL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AFL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Aflac's shares. Their AFL share price forecasts range from $66.00 to $86.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $75.82 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.7%.
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Aflac's stock was trading at $71.94 at the start of the year. Since then, AFL shares have increased by 6.1% and is now trading at $76.33.
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Aflac saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,320,000 shares, an increase of 6.4% from the July 31st total of 11,580,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,270,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.4 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 30th 2023.
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Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) released its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 1st. The financial services provider reported $1.58 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.42 by $0.16. The financial services provider earned $5.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.52 billion. Aflac had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.10% and a net margin of 24.48%.

Aflac declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 31st. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Friday, September 1st. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 22nd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Aflac (NYSE:AFL) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK), 2ndVote Society Defended ETF (EGIS), AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF (CWS), SmartETFs Dividend Builder ETF (DIVS), SmartETFs Asia Pacific Dividend Builder ETF (ADIV), Core Alternative ETF (CCOR), BrandywineGLOBALDynamic US Large Cap Value ETF (DVAL) and SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE).

Aflac (NYSE:AFL) pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.18%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 40 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 22.46%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AFL will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.27% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Aflac split on the morning of Monday, March 19th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 13th 2018. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, March 16th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Aflac declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, November 8th 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback 100,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

435 employees have rated Aflac Chief Executive Officer Dan Amos on Glassdoor.com. Dan Amos has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts Dan Amos in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 68.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Aflac to a friend.

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Aflac trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AFL."

Aflac's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (279.93%), BlackRock Inc. (6.87%), State Street Corp (4.65%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.76%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.01%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.17%). Insiders that own company stock include Albert Riggieri, Audrey B Tillman, Barbara K Rimer, Charles D Lake II, Eric M Kirsch, Frederick John Crawford, Georgette D Kiser, James Todd Daniels, Joseph L Moskowitz, June P Howard, Karole Lloyd, Masatoshi Koide, Steven Kent Beaver, Teresa L White, Thomas J Kenny, Toshihiko Fukuzawa and Virgil Raynard Miller.
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Shares of AFL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AFL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $76.33.

Aflac (NYSE:AFL) has a market capitalization of $45.34 billion and generates $19.50 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $4.20 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.48 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 12,882 workers across the globe.

Aflac's mailing address is 1932 WYNNTON ROAD, COLUMBUS GA, 31999. The official website for the company is www.aflac.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (706) 323-3431, via email at rwilkey@aflac.com, or via fax at 706-324-6330.