NYSE:AFL - AFLAC Stock Price, Forecast & News

AFLAC's stock was trading at $36.94 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AFL shares have decreased by 7.3% and is now trading at $34.24. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

9 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 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for AFLAC.

AFLAC is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for AFLAC.

AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) released its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The financial services provider reported $1.03 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $5.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.52 billion. AFLAC had a return on equity of 11.76% and a net margin of 14.81%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.02 earnings per share. View AFLAC's earnings history.

AFLAC declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 4th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 19th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 18th. This is an increase from AFLAC's previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. View AFLAC's dividend history.

Shares of AFLAC split before market open on Monday, March 19th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 13th 2018. The newly minted shares were distributed 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.

AFLAC issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.32-4.52 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.44.

9 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for AFLAC's stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate AFLAC's stock price to reach $49.32 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 44.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AFLAC.

Media coverage about AFL stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AFLAC earned a daily sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutAFLAC.

AFLAC saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 15,102,800 shares, an increase of 11.3% from the February 27th total of 13,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,510,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.3 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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), Primerica (PRI), Unum Group (UNM), CNO Financial Group (CNO), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Independence (IHC), Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ), Citizens (CIA) and Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI).

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), Mcdonald's (MCD), AbbVie (ABBV), PepsiCo (PEP), Procter & Gamble (PG), Intel (INTC), Verizon Communications (VZ) and General Electric (GE).

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

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One share of AFL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.24.

AFLAC has a market capitalization of $24.74 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. 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]