AFLAC Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:AFL)

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

AFLAC announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 21st will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 20th. View AFLAC's Dividend History.

AFLAC shares 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 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The financial services provider reported $1.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.06. The financial services provider had revenue of $5.51 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.46 billion. AFLAC had a return on equity of 12.94% and a net margin of 14.24%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.07 earnings per share. View AFLAC's Earnings History.

AFLAC is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for AFLAC.

AFLAC issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.10-4.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.31.

8 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for AFLAC's stock. Their predictions range from $48.00 to $62.00. On average, they anticipate AFLAC's stock price to reach $53.45 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.3% 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 been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AFLAC earned a daily sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely 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 during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 9,210,000 shares, an increase of 7.1% from the August 30th total of 8,600,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,440,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's shares are sold short. View AFLAC's Current Options Chain.

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

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

AFLAC's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.45%), Hexavest Inc. (0.19%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.09%), Sabal Trust CO (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%). 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, Kriss Cloninger III, 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 Artemis Investment Management LLP, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., American National Bank, Hexavest Inc., Meeder Asset Management Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and CenturyLink Investment Management Co. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., PhiloSmith Capital Corp, Cohen Klingenstein LLC, ST Germain D J Co. Inc., Surevest Inc. and Pacer Advisors Inc.. 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 $52.74.

AFLAC has a market capitalization of $39.05 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]