NYSE:AFLAFLAC Stock Price, Forecast & News

AFLAC's stock was trading at $36.94 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AFL shares have decreased by 3.7% and is now trading at $35.57.
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10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AFLAC in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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AFLAC is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 22nd 2020.
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AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 28th. The financial services provider reported $1.28 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.05 by $0.23. The financial services provider earned $5.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.49 billion. AFLAC had a return on equity of 11.98% and a net margin of 13.50%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.13 earnings per share.
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AFLAC declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 28th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 18th.
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Shares of AFLAC split on the morning of 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 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.

10 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for AFLAC's shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $56.00. On average, they expect AFLAC's stock price to reach $45.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.5% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about AFL stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AFLAC earned a news impact score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.
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AFLAC saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,280,000 shares, an increase of 22.7% from the June 30th total of 6,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,880,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to AFLAC include Metlife (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Lincoln National (LNC), Primerica (PRI), Unum Group (UNM), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), CNO Financial Group (CNO), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Independence (IHC), Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ), Citizens (CIA) and Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI).
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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), AbbVie (ABBV), Mcdonald's (MCD), Medtronic (MDT), PepsiCo (PEP), Verizon Communications (VZ), Pfizer (PFE) and Procter & Gamble (PG).

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

AFLAC's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.44%), Coho Partners Ltd. (0.43%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.21%), Raymond James & Associates (0.16%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%) and Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.13%). Company insiders that own AFLAC stock include Albert Riggieri, Audrey B Tillman, Barbara K Rimer, Charles D Lake II, Douglas Wayne Johnson, Frederick John Crawford, James Todd Daniels, Joseph L Moskowitz, June P Howard, Karole Lloyd, Koji Ariyoshi, Masatoshi Koide, Richard Williams Jr, Teresa L White and Toshihiko Fukuzawa.
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AFL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Marathon Asset Management LLP, First Trust Advisors LP, SG Americas Securities LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Welch & Forbes LLC, and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have sold AFLAC company stock in the last year include Audrey B Tillman, Charles D Lake II, Richard Williams Jr, and Toshihiko Fukuzawa.
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AFL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including QV Investors Inc., CWM LLC, Coho Partners Ltd., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Scout Investments Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., Meritage Portfolio Management, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought AFLAC stock in the last two years include Frederick John Crawford, and Karole Lloyd.
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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 $35.57.

AFLAC has a market capitalization of $25.36 billion and generates $22.31 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $3.30 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.44 on an earnings per share basis. AFLAC employs 6,178 workers across the globe.

The official website for AFLAC is 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]