NYSE:AFL - AFLAC Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

AFLAC announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Saturday, September 1st. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.17%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 21st. View AFLAC's Dividend History.

Shares of AFLAC split before market open on Monday, March 19th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 13th 2018. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, March 16th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of AFLAC stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

AFLAC announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Wednesday, August 9th 2017, which permits the company to buyback 40,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 26th. The financial services provider reported $1.07 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.08. The financial services provider earned $5.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.52 billion. AFLAC had a return on equity of 12.53% and a net margin of 21.00%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.92 EPS. View AFLAC's Earnings History.

AFLAC is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for AFLAC.

15 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for AFLAC's shares. Their predictions range from $35.50 to $52.00. On average, they expect AFLAC's share price to reach $46.8929 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for AFLAC.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AFLAC in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings, 3 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AFLAC.

Some companies that are related to AFLAC include Unum Group (UNM), Assurant (AIZ), Genworth MI Canada (MIC), CNO Financial Group (CNO), NIB (NHF), Triple-S Management (GTS) and Citizens Financial (CFIN).

News stories about AFL stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. AFLAC earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for AFLAC.

AFLAC's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.55%), FMR LLC (1.74%), Northern Trust Corp (1.38%), LSV Asset Management (0.82%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.81%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.69%). Company insiders that own AFLAC stock include Audrey B Tillman, Barbara K Rimer, Charles B Knapp, Charles D Lake II, Daniel P Amos, Douglas Wayne Johnson, Elizabeth J Hudson, Eric M Kirsch, Hiroshi Yamauchi, James Todd Daniels, Joseph L Moskowitz, June P Howard, Karole Lloyd, Kenneth S Janke Jr, Kriss Cloninger III, Masatoshi Koide, Paul S Amos II, Robert B Johnson and Teresa L White. View Institutional Ownership Trends for AFLAC.

AFL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Treasurer State of Michigan, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley and Raymond James & Associates. Company insiders that have sold AFLAC company stock in the last year include Audrey B Tillman, Charles B Knapp, Daniel P Amos, Douglas Wayne Johnson, Elizabeth J Hudson, Eric M Kirsch, James Todd Daniels, Joseph L Moskowitz, June P Howard, Kriss Cloninger III and Masatoshi Koide. View Insider Buying and Selling for AFLAC.

AFL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Unigestion Holding SA, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Natixis, Janus Henderson Group PLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec and Sabal Trust CO. Company insiders that have bought AFLAC stock in the last two years include Joseph L Moskowitz and Karole Lloyd. View Insider Buying and Selling for AFLAC.

Shares of AFL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AFL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.82.

AFLAC has a market capitalization of $36.29 billion and generates $21.67 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $4.60 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.40 on an earnings per share basis. AFLAC employs 6,081 workers across the globe.

AFLAC's mailing address is 1932 WYNNTON ROAD, COLUMBUS GA, 31999. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 706-323-3431 or via email at [email protected]