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. Since then, AFL stock has decreased by 7.4% and is now trading at $34.22.
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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) released its quarterly earnings results on Saturday, October, 31st. The financial services provider reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.25. Aflac had a return on equity of 11.98% and a net margin of 13.50%. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.16 earnings per share.
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Aflac announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 18th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Tuesday, December 1st. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.27%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 17th.
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Aflac's stock split on Monday, March 19th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 13th 2018. The newly created shares were payable 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 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Aflac's shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate Aflac's stock price to reach $44.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.0% from the stock's current price.
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Aflac saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 10,660,000 shares, an increase of 20.3% from the August 31st total of 8,860,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,540,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include LSV Asset Management (0.67%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.14%), QV Investors Inc. (0.08%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.07%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.07%) and Scout Investments Inc. (0.06%). 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 Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Welch & Forbes LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Dupont Capital Management Corp, V Wealth Advisors LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, and QV Investors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Aflac company stock in the last year include Audrey B Tillman, Charles D Lake II, and Richard Williams Jr.
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AFL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Xponance Inc., Raymond James Trust N.A., DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Alaska Permanent Fund Corp, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., and Forsta AP Fonden. 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 $34.22.

Aflac has a market capitalization of $24.40 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 11,729 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]