Aflac (AFL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aflac in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 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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13 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Aflac's stock. Their AFL share price targets range from $74.00 to $95.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $82.15 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price.
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Aflac's stock was trading at $82.50 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, AFL shares have decreased by 2.7% and is now trading at $80.26.
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Aflac saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,400,000 shares, an increase of 16.7% from the February 29th total of 9,770,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,190,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.2 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2024.
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Aflac will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 1st. The financial services provider reported $1.25 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.47 by $0.22. The financial services provider earned $3.78 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.44 billion. Aflac had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.59% and a net margin of 24.92%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.29 earnings per share.
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Aflac announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Friday, March 1st. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 20th.
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Aflac (NYSE:AFL) pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.49%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 43 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 25.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AFL will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.20% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Aflac (NYSE:AFL) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK), 2ndVote Society Defended ETF (EGIS), AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF (CWS), SmartETFs Dividend Builder ETF (DIVS), Core Alternative ETF (CCOR), SmartETFs Asia Pacific Dividend Builder ETF (ADIV), BrandywineGLOBALDynamic US Large Cap Value ETF (DVAL) and First Trust Capital Strength ETF (FTCS).

Shares of Aflac split before market open on Monday, March 19th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 13th 2018. The newly created 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.

Aflac announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Tuesday, November 8th 2022, which authorizes the company to repurchase 100,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's management 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's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Guinness Asset Management LTD (0.38%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%), Franklin Street Advisors Inc. NC (0.06%), Mather Group LLC. (0.03%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.02%) and Contravisory Investment Management Inc. (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Albert Riggieri, Arthur Reginald Collins, 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, Steven Kent Beaver, Teresa L White, Thomas J Kenny, Toshihiko Fukuzawa, Virgil Raynard Miller and William P Bowers.
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