Aflac Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aflac in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Aflac stock. 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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Aflac is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 27th 2021.
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Aflac will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 28th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 27th. The financial services provider reported $1.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.32. The financial services provider earned $5.56 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.32 billion. Aflac had a net margin of 25.23% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.79%.
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Aflac's stock was trading at $36.94 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AFL shares have increased by 42.7% and is now trading at $52.70.
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Aflac announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 28th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 18th will be given a dividend of $0.33 per share on Wednesday, September 1st. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 17th.
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Aflac pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.57%. Aflac has been increasing its dividend for 39 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Aflac is 26.61%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Aflac will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.43% next year. This indicates that Aflac will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Aflac's stock 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 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.

7 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Aflac's stock. Their forecasts range from $43.00 to $61.00. On average, they anticipate Aflac's share price to reach $51.90 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.5%.
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435 employees have rated Aflac CEO Dan Amos on Glassdoor.com. Dan Amos has an approval rating of 93% among Aflac'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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.54%), BlackRock Inc. (7.04%), State Street Corp (5.16%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.25%), FMR LLC (1.95%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.79%). Company insiders that own Aflac stock include 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, Karole Lloyd, Richard Williams Jr, Teresa L White, Thomas J Kenny and Toshihiko Fukuzawa.
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AFL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Bank of America Corp DE, Franklin Resources Inc., Ruffer LLP, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Boston Partners, and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have sold Aflac company stock in the last year include Audrey B Tillman, Barbara K Rimer, Charles D Lake II, Eric M Kirsch, James Todd Daniels, Joseph L Moskowitz, Teresa L White, Thomas J Kenny, and Toshihiko Fukuzawa.
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AFL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., FMR LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Amundi, Assetmark Inc., Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have bought Aflac stock in the last two years include Frederick John Crawford, Georgette D Kiser, and Karole Lloyd.
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One share of AFL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.70.

Aflac has a market capitalization of $35.35 billion and generates $22.15 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $4.78 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.96 on an earnings per share basis.

Aflac employs 12,003 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Aflac: AGV Management Services Japan KK, Aflac Asset Management Japan Ltd., Aflac Asset Management LLC, Aflac Benefits Advisors, Aflac Corporate Ventures LLC, Aflac Global Ventures LLC, Aflac Heartful Services Co., Aflac Holdings LLC, Aflac InfoSec Services LLC, Aflac Information Technology, Aflac Innovation Partners G.K., Aflac Insurance Services Co., Aflac Insurance Services Co. Ltd., Aflac International, Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd., Aflac Northern Ireland Ltd., Aflac Payment Services Co., Aflac Ventures India Fund LLC, Aflac Ventures LLC, Aflac Ventures Labs LLC, Aflac Ventures Seed Fund LLC, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, American Family Life Assurance Company of New York, Apollo AF Loan Trust, Argus Dental & Vision Inc, Argus Holdings LLC, Communicorp, Continental American Group, Continental American Insurance Company, Empowered.Insure LLC, Empoweredbenefits, Empoweredbenefits LLC, Global Alternatives Private Equity Sub-Trust A, Global Investment Fund I, Hatch Healthcare KK, Hatch Insight KK, Lapetus Solutions Inc., Medical Note Inc., NIO Innovative Technologies Ltd., Octagon Delaware Trust, Picwell Inc., SUDACHI Small-amount Short-term Preparation Company Ltd., Sensely Corporation, Simple Technology LLC, Tier One Insurance Company, Tsusan Co. Ltd., Varagon Capital Management MGP LLC, Varagon Capital Partners L.P., Wellthie Inc., and Zurich North America’s U.S..

Aflac was founded in 1955.

The official website for Aflac is www.aflac.com.

Aflac is headquartered at 1932 WYNNTON ROAD, COLUMBUS GA, 31999.

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].