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In the latest session, Aflac Inc. (NYSE: AFL) closed at $111.61 up 0.50% from its previous closing price of $111.06. In other words, the price has increased by $0.50 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.69 million shares were traded. AFL stock price reached its highest trading level at $112.76 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $111.25.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Aflac Inc.’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.29 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.29.
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, TD Cowen on October 09, 2024, initiated with a Hold rating and assigned the stock a target price of $102.
On September 05, 2024, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Underweight rating and target price of $96.
Evercore ISI Downgraded its In-line to Underperform on January 04, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $76 to $78.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 27 ’24 when Crawford Frederick John bought 55,000 shares for $110.25 per share.
RIGGIERI ALBERT bought 5,496 shares of AFL for $577,630 on Aug 21 ’24. On Aug 08 ’24, another insider, MOSKOWITZ JOSEPH L, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 600 shares for $99.55 each. As a result, the insider received 59,730 and left with 26,962 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 62504501248 and an Enterprise Value of 65130520576. As of this moment, Aflac’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.81, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.73. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.26. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.24 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.41. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.374 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.022.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, AFL has reached a high of $115.50, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $75.07. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.87%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 22.97%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, AFL has traded an average of 2.32M shares per day and 2189490 over the past ten days. A total of 578.48M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 503.56M. Insiders hold about 10.08% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 60.86% stake in the company. Shares short for AFL as of 1727654400 were 11599710 with a Short Ratio of 5.00, compared to 1724976000 on 14033013. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 11599710 and a Short% of Float of 2.08.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for AFL is 1.92, from 1.84 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.016567621The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.36.
