Aflac Stock Forecast, Price & News

Aflac's stock was trading at $36.94 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AFL stock has increased by 22.6% and is now trading at $45.28.
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8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aflac in the last year. There are currently 6 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 Tuesday, February 2nd 2021.
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Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, November, 1st. The financial services provider reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.25. Aflac had a net margin of 21.11% and a return on equity of 12.12%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.16 earnings per share.
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Aflac declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 18th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 17th will be given a dividend of $0.33 per share on Monday, March 1st. This represents a $1.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 16th. This is a positive change from Aflac's previous quarterly dividend of $0.28.
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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 issued shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell 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.

8 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Aflac's stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $56.00. On average, they expect Aflac's share price to reach $44.57 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.6%.
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Aflac saw a decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 8,590,000 shares, a decline of 13.5% from the October 15th total of 9,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,750,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Aflac trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AFL."

Aflac's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.73%), State Street Corp (4.84%), Boston Partners (1.20%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.92%), LSV Asset Management (0.67%) and Morgan Stanley (0.68%). 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 State Street Corp, Acadian Asset Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, BlackRock Inc., Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Boston Partners, and Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Aflac company stock in the last year include Audrey B Tillman, Barbara K Rimer, Charles D Lake II, and Richard Williams Jr.
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AFL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Cannell Peter B & Co. Inc., LSV Asset Management, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, ProShare Advisors LLC, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and Xponance 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 $45.28.

Aflac has a market capitalization of $31.81 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]