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Aflac Incorporated is an insurance-life business based in the US. Aflac Incorporated stocks (AFL.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $57.37 – an increase of 0.37% over the previous week. Aflac Incorporated employs 12,447 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $21.5 billion.
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| Latest market close | $56.32 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $50.46 - $67.20 |
| 50-day moving average | $62.25 |
| 200-day moving average | $58.71 |
| Wall St. target price | $62.00 |
| PE ratio | 9.3399 |
| Dividend yield | $1.39 (2.79%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $6.09 |
Note: The dollar amounts in the table below are in Canadian dollars.
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Historical closes compared with the close of $56.32 from 2022-05-18
| 1 week (2022-05-08) | N/A |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2022-04-18) | -14.04% |
| 3 months (2022-02-18) | -10.84% |
| 6 months (2021-11-19) | 1.59% |
| 1 year (2021-05-19) | 1.00% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2020-05-19) | 67.47% |
| 3 years (2019-05-17) | 7.93% |
| 5 years (2017-05-19) | 73.87 |
Valuing Aflac Incorporated stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Aflac Incorporated's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Aflac Incorporated's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, Aflac Incorporated shares trade at around 9x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Aflac Incorporated's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.93. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Aflac Incorporated's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Aflac Incorporated's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $5.3 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Aflac Incorporated's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $21.5 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 24.3% |
| Gross profit TTM | $9.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 2.14% |
| Return on equity TTM | 13.19% |
| Profit margin | 18.89% |
| Book value | $45.75 |
| Market capitalisation | $36.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Aflac Incorporated.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 23.62
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Aflac Incorporated's overall score of 23.62 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 33rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Aflac Incorporated is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 0.06/100
Aflac Incorporated's environmental score of 0.06 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Aflac Incorporated is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 5.47/100
Aflac Incorporated's social score of 5.47 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Aflac Incorporated is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 10.09/100
Aflac Incorporated's governance score puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Aflac Incorporated is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Aflac Incorporated scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Aflac Incorporated has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Dividend payout ratio: 24.7% of net profits
Recently Aflac Incorporated has paid out, on average, around 24.7% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.79% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Aflac Incorporated shareholders could enjoy a 2.79% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Aflac Incorporated's case, that would currently equate to about $1.39 per share.
While Aflac Incorporated's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Aflac Incorporated is investing more in its future growth.
Aflac Incorporated's most recent dividend payout was on 1 June 2022. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 17 May 2022 (the "ex-dividend date").
Aflac Incorporated's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 19 March 2018. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Aflac Incorporated shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Aflac Incorporated shares which in turn could have impacted Aflac Incorporated's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Aflac Incorporated's shares have ranged in value from as little as $50.4564 up to $67.2. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Aflac Incorporated's is 0.9333. This would suggest that Aflac Incorporated's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Aflac Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides supplemental health and life insurance products. It operates through two segments, Aflac Japan and Aflac U. S. The Aflac Japan segment offers cancer, medical, nursing care income support, GIFT, and whole and term life insurance products, as well as WAYS and child endowment plans under saving type insurance products in Japan. The Aflac U. S. segment provides cancer, accident, short-term disability, critical illness, hospital indemnity, dental, vision, long-term care and disability, and term and whole life insurance products in the United States.
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