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The price of Aflac Inc (NYSE: AFL) closed at $110.78 in the last session, up 0.31% from day before closing price of $110.44. In other words, the price has increased by $0.31 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.8 million shares were traded. AFL stock price reached its highest trading level at $111.0 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $109.91.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at AFL’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.29 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.28.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. 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:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 10 ’25 when LAKE CHARLES D II sold 29,802 shares for $107.29 per share. The transaction valued at 3,197,509 led to the insider holds 49,962 shares of the business.
LAKE CHARLES D II sold 23,170 shares of AFL for $2,493,787 on Mar 07 ’25. The Chairman & Rep. Director, ALIJ now owns 79,764 shares after completing the transaction at $107.63 per share. On Mar 07 ’25, another insider, MOSKOWITZ JOSEPH L, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 1,000 shares for $107.63 each. As a result, the insider received 107,630 and left with 25,393 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 60465381376 and an Enterprise Value of 62587052032. As of this moment, Aflac’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.53, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.45. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 8.18. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.19 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.33. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.307 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.406.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AFL is 0.82, which has changed by 0.30038738 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08572841 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AFL has reached a high of $115.50, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $79.31. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.07%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 6.17%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, AFL traded on average about 1.90M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1960060 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 549.96M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 489.47M. Insiders hold about 10.32% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 59.77% stake in the company. Shares short for AFL as of 1741910400 were 9595807 with a Short Ratio of 5.06, compared to 1739491200 on 8779250. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9595807 and a Short% of Float of 1.77.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for AFL is 2.08, which was 2.0 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.01810938The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.34. The current Payout Ratio is 20.76% for AFL, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-19 with an ex-dividend date of 1739923200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2018-03-19 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
