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. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 20th. View AFLAC's Dividend History.

Shares of AFLAC 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 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) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The financial services provider reported $1.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $5.51 billion during 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 quarterly revenue was down 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $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 price targets for AFLAC's stock. Their predictions range from $48.00 to $62.00. On average, they expect AFLAC's stock price to reach $53.45 in the next year. 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 trended neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AFLAC earned a coverage optimism score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage 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 News Stories for AFLAC.

AFLAC saw a increase in short interest in 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 presently 2.7 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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 PepsiCo (PEP).

AFLAC's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hexavest Inc. (0.19%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.09%), Sabal Trust CO (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.05%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%). 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, American National Bank, Hexavest Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, Thomasville National Bank, SevenBridge Financial Group LLC and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, PhiloSmith Capital Corp, Surevest Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., Denali Advisors LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Sabal Trust CO and Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd. 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 $52.75.

AFLAC has a market capitalization of $39.06 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]