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 Tuesday, February 4th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 18th. This is an increase from AFLAC's previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. View AFLAC's Dividend History.

AFLAC shares split before market open on Monday, March 19th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 13th 2018. The newly issued 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.

AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 4th. The financial services provider reported $1.03 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $5.60 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.52 billion. AFLAC had a return on equity of 11.76% and a net margin of 14.81%. AFLAC's revenue was up 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.02 earnings per share. View AFLAC's Earnings History.

AFLAC is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for AFLAC.

AFLAC issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.32-4.52 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.44.

7 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for AFLAC's shares. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate AFLAC's share price to reach $54.76 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AFLAC.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AFLAC in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AFLAC.

News articles about AFL stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AFLAC earned a daily sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for AFLAC.

AFLAC saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 12,040,000 shares, an increase of 11.0% from the December 31st total of 10,850,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,700,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.5 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), CNO Financial Group (CNO), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Independence (IHC), Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ), Citizens (CIA) and Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI).

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), Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE) and Intel (INTC).

AFLAC's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. (6.47%), State Street Corp (5.24%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.49%), FMR LLC (1.23%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.84%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.83%). Company insiders that own AFLAC stock include Albert Riggieri, Audrey B Tillman, Barbara K Rimer, Charles B Knapp, Charles D Lake II, 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Investec Asset Management LTD, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Prudential Financial Inc., PGGM Investments and Conning 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd., Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Schroder Investment Management Group, Wealth Quarterback LLC, Maj Invest Holding A S, Victory Capital Management Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Victory Capital Management Inc.. 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 $51.45.

AFLAC has a market capitalization of $37.77 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 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]