Aflac - AFL Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aflac in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" AFL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AFL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Aflac's stock. Their AFL share price forecasts range from $52.00 to $67.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $62.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.9% from the stock's current price.
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Aflac's stock was trading at $58.39 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AFL stock has decreased by 3.1% and is now trading at $56.57.
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Aflac saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,620,000 shares, an increase of 9.6% from the August 31st total of 8,780,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,470,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 26th 2022.
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Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) released its earnings results on Monday, August, 1st. The financial services provider reported $1.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.27. The financial services provider earned $5.40 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.79 billion. Aflac had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.40% and a net margin of 20.37%. The firm's revenue was down 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.59 EPS.
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Aflac announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 24th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Thursday, September 1st. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.83%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 23rd.
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Aflac (NYSE:AFL) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.82%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 39 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 24.13%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AFL will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.85% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Aflac split on Monday, March 19th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 13th 2018. The newly issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, March 16th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

435 employees have rated Aflac Chief Executive Officer Dan Amos on Glassdoor.com. Dan Amos has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts Dan Amos in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 68.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Aflac to a friend.

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

Aflac's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.84%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.58%), FMR LLC (1.59%), Northern Trust Corp (1.23%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.91%) and Maj Invest Holding A S (0.67%). Insiders that own company stock include Albert Riggieri, Audrey B Tillman, Barbara K Rimer, Charles D Lake II, Eric M Kirsch, Frederick John Crawford, Georgette D Kiser, James Todd Daniels, Joseph L Moskowitz, June P Howard, Karole Lloyd, Masatoshi Koide, Richard Williams Jr, Teresa L White, Thomas J Kenny and Toshihiko Fukuzawa.
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One share of AFL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $56.57.

Aflac (NYSE:AFL) has a market capitalization of $35.75 billion and generates $22.11 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $4.33 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.63 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 12,447 workers across the globe.

Aflac's mailing address is 1932 WYNNTON ROAD, COLUMBUS GA, 31999. The official website for the company is www.aflac.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (706) 323-3431, via email at rwilkey@aflac.com, or via fax at 706-324-6330.