Aflac - AFL Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aflac in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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7 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Aflac's stock. Their AFL share price forecasts range from $63.00 to $80.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $70.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%.
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Aflac's stock was trading at $71.94 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, AFL stock has increased by 2.2% and is now trading at $73.50.
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Aflac saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 10,450,000 shares, an increase of 11.8% from the November 30th total of 9,350,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,690,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 1st 2023.
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Aflac will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 2nd at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 26th. The financial services provider reported $1.53 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.21. The financial services provider earned $5.24 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.36 billion. Aflac had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.53% and a net margin of 24.16%. Aflac's revenue for the quarter was down 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.39 EPS.
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Aflac announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 8th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 15th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Wednesday, March 1st. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.29%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 14th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40.
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Aflac (NYSE:AFL) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.19%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 40 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 20.41%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AFL will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.47% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Aflac's stock 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 payable to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, March 16th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Aflac declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, November 8th 2022, which allows the company to buyback 100,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (0.43%), Maj Invest Holding A S (0.36%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.31%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.14%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.10%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.10%). 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, Teresa L White, Thomas J Kenny and Toshihiko Fukuzawa.
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One share of AFL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $73.50.

Aflac (NYSE:AFL) has a market capitalization of $45.70 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 $7.84 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.