NYSE:AFL - AFLAC Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

AFLAC announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 20th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 19th. View AFLAC's Dividend History.

AFLAC's stock split before market open on Monday, March 19th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 13th 2018. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes 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 Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.09. The financial services provider had revenue of $5.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.52 billion. AFLAC had a return on equity of 12.45% and a net margin of 13.96%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.03 EPS. View AFLAC's Earnings History.

AFLAC is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for AFLAC.

AFLAC updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, December, 2nd. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.30-4.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.48.

8 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for AFLAC's shares. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate AFLAC's share price to reach $53.32 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AFLAC.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AFLAC in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AFLAC.

Media stories about AFL stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AFLAC earned a media sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for AFLAC.

AFLAC saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 9,970,000 shares, an increase of 9.9% from the November 14th total of 9,070,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,900,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View AFLAC's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to AFLAC include Metlife (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Lincoln National (LNC), Unum Group (UNM), Primerica (PRI), CNO Financial Group (CNO), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Independence (IHC), Citizens (CIA), Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI) and Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AFLAC investors own include AT&T (T), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Mcdonald's (MCD), AbbVie (ABBV), 3M (MMM), PepsiCo (PEP), Procter & Gamble (PG), Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

AFLAC's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.27%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.88%), Maj Invest Holding A S (0.54%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.52%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.45%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.42%). Company insiders that own AFLAC stock include Albert Riggieri, Audrey B Tillman, Barbara K Rimer, Charles B Knapp, Charles D Lake II, Daniel P Amos, Douglas Wayne Johnson, Eric M Kirsch, James Todd Daniels, Joseph L Moskowitz, June P Howard, Karole Lloyd, Koji Ariyoshi, Masatoshi Koide, Richard Williams Jr, Teresa L White and Toshihiko Fukuzawa. View Institutional Ownership Trends for AFLAC.

AFL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Boston Partners, Marathon Asset Management LLP, Smead Capital Management Inc., Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., QV Investors Inc., Unigestion Holding SA and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank. Company insiders that have sold AFLAC company stock in the last year include Albert Riggieri, Audrey B Tillman, Barbara K Rimer, Charles D Lake II, Douglas Wayne Johnson, James Todd Daniels, Joseph L Moskowitz, June P Howard, Koji Ariyoshi, Masatoshi Koide, Richard Williams Jr, Teresa L White and Toshihiko Fukuzawa. View Insider Buying and Selling for AFLAC.

AFL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, California Public Employees Retirement System, Maj Invest Holding A S, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co, First Trust Advisors LP, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Teacher Retirement System of Texas and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AFL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.17.

AFLAC has a market capitalization of $39.03 billion and generates $21.76 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.92 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.16 on an earnings per share basis. AFLAC employs 6,121 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About AFLAC.

The official website for AFLAC is http://www.aflac.com/.

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]