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

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aflac in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Aflac's shares. Their AFL share price targets range from $74.00 to $86.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $79.63 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%.
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Aflac's stock was trading at $71.94 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AFL stock has increased by 15.0% and is now trading at $82.71.
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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, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.44 by $0.40. The financial services provider earned $4.95 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.31 billion. Aflac had a net margin of 24.17% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.86%. Aflac's quarterly revenue was up 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.23 earnings per share.
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Aflac declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Friday, December 1st. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.03%. 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 2.03%. 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 Monday, March 19th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 13th 2018. The newly issued shares were issued 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 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, November 8th 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback 100,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans 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 number of institutional and retail 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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