Aflac Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:AFL)

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aflac in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 2 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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8 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Aflac's stock. Their AFL share price targets range from $74.00 to $86.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $79.63 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.5%.
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Aflac's stock was trading at $71.94 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AFL shares have increased by 14.7% and is now trading at $82.55.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 7th 2024.
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Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 2nd. The financial services provider reported $1.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.44 by $0.40. The financial services provider had revenue of $4.95 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.31 billion. Aflac had a net margin of 24.17% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.86%. The company's revenue was up 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.23 earnings per share.
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Aflac declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Friday, December 1st. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.04%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 14th.
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Aflac (NYSE:AFL) pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.05%. The dividend payout ratio is 22.13%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AFL will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.54% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 shares split on the morning of Monday, March 19th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 13th 2018. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell 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 initiated a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, November 8th 2022, which permits the company to buyback 100,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign 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's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Morgan Stanley (1.65%), Northern Trust Corp (1.25%), Invesco Ltd. (0.82%), LSV Asset Management (0.81%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.82%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.70%). 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, Virgil Raynard Miller and William P Bowers.
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