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After finishing at $110.38 in the prior trading day, Aflac Inc (NYSE: AFL) closed at $111.63, up 1.13%. In other words, the price has increased by $1.13 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.06 million shares were traded. AFL stock price reached its highest trading level at $112.46 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $110.68.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of AFL by taking a closer look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.30 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.29.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In the most recent recommendation for this company, BMO Capital Markets on January 23, 2025, initiated with a Market Perform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $111.
On October 09, 2024, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $102. On September 05, 2024, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Underweight rating and target price of $96.Barclays initiated its Underweight rating on September 05, 2024, with a $96 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 18 ’25 when TILLMAN AUDREY B sold 15,862 shares for $112.00 per share. The transaction valued at 1,776,544 led to the insider holds 230,688 shares of the business.
MOSKOWITZ JOSEPH L sold 786 shares of AFL for $89,404 on Nov 17 ’25. The Director now owns 24,829 shares after completing the transaction at $113.75 per share. On Nov 14 ’25, another insider, TILLMAN AUDREY B, who serves as the Sr. Executive Vice President of the company, sold 3,452 shares for $115.10 each. As a result, the insider received 397,325 and left with 230,688 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AFL now has a Market Capitalization of 59703238656 and an Enterprise Value of 63721836544. As of this moment, Aflac’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.55, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.17. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 5.68. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.31 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.05. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.6 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.893.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AFL is 0.65, which has changed by -0.032602966 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1177547 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AFL has reached a high of $115.83, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $96.95. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.29%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 4.86%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 2.30M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2755870 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 525.71M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 468.93M. Insiders hold about 10.53% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 58.59% stake in the company. Shares short for AFL as of 1763078400 were 6970078 with a Short Ratio of 2.79, compared to 1760486400 on 6334585. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6970078 and a Short% of Float of 1.34000005.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, AFL’s forward annual dividend rate was 2.24, compared to 2.32 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.020293532. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.2. . The current Payout Ratio is 20.76% for AFL, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-11-19 with an ex-dividend date of 2026-02-18. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2018-03-19 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
A detailed examination of Aflac Inc (AFL) is currently in progress, with 11.0 analysts providing valuable insights into its market dynamics.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.82, with high estimates of $1.93 and low estimates of $1.73.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $7.7 and $6.97 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $7.57. EPS for the following year is $7.35, with 14.0 analysts recommending between $7.75 and $7.1.
Revenue Estimates
3 analysts predict $4.43B in revenue for . The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $4.48B to a low estimate of $4.35B. As of . The current estimate, Aflac Inc’s year-ago sales were $4.32BFor the next quarter, 3 analysts are estimating revenue of $4.5B. There is a high estimate of $4.5B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $4.5B.
A total of 5 analysts have provided revenue estimates for AFL’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $17.88B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $17.61B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $17.76B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $17.41BBased on 5 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $17.92B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $18.12B and the low estimate is $17.45B.
