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. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Saturday, September 1st. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.22%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 21st. View AFLAC's Dividend History.

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 created 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.

AFLAC announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, August 9th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase 40,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 26th. The financial services provider reported $1.07 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.08. The financial services provider earned $5.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.52 billion. AFLAC had a net margin of 21.00% and a return on equity of 12.53%. The business's revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.92 earnings per share. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for AFLAC's shares. Their predictions range from $35.50 to $52.00. On average, they anticipate AFLAC's share price to reach $46.8929 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.2% from the stock's current price. 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 headlines about AFL stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to Accern. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. AFLAC earned a media and rumor sentiment score of -0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the financial services provider an impact score of 47.02 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. 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%), LSV Asset Management (0.82%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.81%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.69%) and Schroder Investment Management Group (0.59%). 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, June P Howard, Kriss Cloninger III and Masatoshi Koide. View Insider Buying and Selling for AFLAC.

AFL stock was purchased 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 $46.78.

AFLAC has a market capitalization of $35.69 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]