NYSE:AFL - AFLAC Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

AFLAC declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 19th. View AFLAC's Dividend History.

AFLAC's stock 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 AFLAC stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.16 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.09. The financial services provider had revenue of $5.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.52 billion. AFLAC had a return on equity of 12.45% and a net margin of 13.96%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.03 earnings per share. View AFLAC's Earnings History.

AFLAC is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for AFLAC.

AFLAC will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

AFLAC issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, December, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.35-4.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.44.

8 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for AFLAC's shares. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect AFLAC's share price to reach $53.65 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.9% 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.

News coverage about AFL stock has trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores 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 -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AFLAC earned a daily sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for AFLAC.

AFLAC saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 12,040,000 shares, an increase of 11.0% from the December 15th total of 10,850,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,740,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.4 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the company 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), Unum Group (UNM), Primerica (PRI), CNO Financial Group (CNO), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Independence (IHC), Citizens (CIA), Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI) and Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ).

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), AbbVie (ABBV), Mcdonald's (MCD), Procter & Gamble (PG), PepsiCo (PEP), General Electric (GE), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and 3M (MMM).

AFLAC's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. (6.47%), PGGM Investments (0.17%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.15%), Hexavest Inc. (0.14%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.10%) and Welch & Forbes LLC (0.09%). 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, 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 PGGM Investments, Sabal Trust CO, Hexavest Inc., Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Marathon Asset Management LLP, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Price Capital Management 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 Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., AE Wealth Management LLC, TRH Financial LLC, PhiloSmith Capital Corp, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and JGP Wealth Management LLC. 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 $52.65.

AFLAC has a market capitalization of $38.65 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]