Market Watch: Aflac Inc (AFL)’s Noteworthy Gain%, Closing at $110.26

Abby Carey

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As of close of business last night, Aflac Inc’s stock clocked out at $110.26, up 0.06% from its previous closing price of $110.19. In other words, the price has increased by $0.06 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.0 million shares were traded. AFL stock price reached its highest trading level at $111.56 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $109.98.

Ratios:

To gain a deeper understanding of AFL’s stock, we examine 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, Mizuho on December 16, 2025, initiated with a Underperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $104.

On January 23, 2025, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Market Perform rating and target price of $111.

On October 09, 2024, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $102.TD Cowen initiated its Hold rating on October 09, 2024, with a $102 target price.

Insider Transactions:

Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 12 ’25 when BEAVER STEVEN KENT sold 5,492 shares for $109.53 per share. The transaction valued at 601,520 led to the insider holds 38,368 shares of the business.

BEAVER STEVEN KENT bought 5,492 shares of AFL for $601,099 on Dec 12 ’25. On Dec 05 ’25, another insider, BEAVER STEVEN KENT, who serves as the EVP, CFO Aflac Japan of the company, sold 3,452 shares for $109.26 each. As a result, the insider received 377,166 and left with 43,860 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 58970521600 and an Enterprise Value of 63003799552. As of this moment, Aflac’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.37, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.99. 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 3.26 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.02. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.559 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.759.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for AFL is 0.67, which has changed by 0.09109807 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1877265 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 -0.09%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 3.08%.

Shares Statistics:

It appears that AFL traded 2.19M shares on average per day over the past three months and 1483910 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 525.71M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 468.36M. Insiders hold about 10.64% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 58.57% stake in the company. Shares short for AFL as of 1765756800 were 6472557 with a Short Ratio of 2.95, compared to 1763078400 on 6970078. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6472557 and a Short% of Float of 1.24.

Dividends & Splits

With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 2.24, AFL has a forward annual dividend rate of 2.32. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.020328524. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.19. . 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

The company has 13.0 analysts who recommend its stock at the moment. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.79, with high estimates of $1.93 and low estimates of $1.61.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $7.7 and $7.54 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $7.62. EPS for the following year is $7.35, with 14.0 analysts recommending between $7.75 and $7.04.

Revenue Estimates

In . The current quarter, 3 analysts expect revenue to total $4.44B. It ranges from a high estimate of $4.55B to a low estimate of $4.3B. As of . The current estimate, Aflac Inc’s year-ago sales were $4.32BFor the next quarter, 3 analysts are estimating revenue of $4.47B. There is a high estimate of $4.47B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $4.47B.

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 $17.57B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $17.73B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $17.41BBased on 5 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $17.78B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $18.12B and the low estimate is $17.18B.

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