Aflac Inc (NYSE: AFL) is 2.41% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $75.07 and a high of $115.50 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The AFL stock was last observed hovering at around $104.79 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.14%.
Currently trading at $105.93, the stock is 2.94% and -0.52% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.44 million and changing 1.09% at the moment leaves the stock 6.75% off its SMA200. AFL registered 28.35% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 12.62%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $106.4824 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $99.22895.
The stock witnessed a 1.35% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.07%, and is 2.28% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.72% over the week and 1.66% over the month.
Aflac Inc (AFL) has around 12785 employees, a market worth around $58.85B and $17.30B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.95 and Fwd P/E is 15.01. Profit margin for the company is 22.02%. Distance from 52-week low is 41.10% and -8.29% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.63%).
with sales reaching $4.13B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 16.35% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -7.36% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 9.40% in year-over-year returns.
1963.0 institutions hold shares in Aflac Inc (AFL), with institutional investors hold 67.41% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 556.72M, and float is at 499.14M with Short Float at 1.45%. Institutions hold 60.58% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is JAPAN POST HOLDINGS CO., LTD. with over 52.3 million shares valued at $4.67 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.0975 of the AFL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 51.2 million shares valued at $4.57 billion to account for 8.9058 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 40.06 million shares representing 6.9683 and valued at over $3.58 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.4908 of the shares totaling 25.82 million with a market value of $2.31 billion.
Aflac Inc (AFL) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by TILLMAN AUDREY B, the company’s Executive Vice President. SEC filings show that TILLMAN AUDREY B sold 24,744 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 27 ’24 at a price of $103.40 per share for a total of $2.56 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.22 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 17 ’24, Daniels James Todd (EXECUTIVE ADVISOR TO CFO) Proposed Sale 25,662 shares at an average price of $103.01 for $2.64 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Aflac Inc (AFL).
