NYSE:AFL - AFLAC Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

AFLAC declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.06%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 19th. View AFLAC's Dividend History.

AFLAC shares 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 Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.09. The financial services provider had revenue of $5.54 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.52 billion. AFLAC had a net margin of 13.96% and a return on equity of 12.45%. The company's revenue was down .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.03 EPS. View AFLAC's Earnings History.

AFLAC is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for AFLAC.

AFLAC will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

AFLAC issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, December, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.35-4.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.44.

8 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for AFLAC's stock. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate AFLAC's stock price to reach $53.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.7% 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.

Headlines about AFL stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AFLAC earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for AFLAC.

AFLAC saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 12,040,000 shares, an increase of 11.0% from the December 31st total of 10,850,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,700,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.5 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View AFLAC's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to AFLAC include Metlife (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Lincoln National (LNC), Unum Group (UNM), Primerica (PRI), CNO Financial Group (CNO), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Independence (IHC), Citizens (CIA), Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI) and Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ).

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), Procter & Gamble (PG), PepsiCo (PEP), General Electric (GE), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).

AFLAC's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. (6.47%), PGGM Investments (0.17%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.15%), Hexavest Inc. (0.14%) and Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.10%). 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, 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 PGGM Investments, Sabal Trust CO, Hexavest Inc., Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Marathon Asset Management LLP, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and New York State Teachers Retirement System. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Telos Capital Management Inc., AE Wealth Management LLC, TRH Financial LLC, AdvisorShares Investments LLC, PhiloSmith Capital Corp and Johanson Financial 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 $52.39.

AFLAC has a market capitalization of $38.46 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]