$2.08M in average volume shows that Aflac Inc (AFL) is heading in the right direction

Aflac Inc (NYSE: AFL) kicked off on Monday, down -2.30% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $107.44. Over the past 52 weeks, AFL has traded in a range of $80.11-$115.50.

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Over the past five-year period, the drop rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Financial sector was -3.08%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -6.07%. With a float of $489.47 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $549.96 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 12694 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 100.0%, operating margin of 33.54%, and the pretax margin is 33.54%.

Aflac Inc (AFL) Insider Activity

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Insurance – Life Industry. The insider ownership of Aflac Inc is 10.32%, while institutional ownership is 59.68%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 31 ’25, was worth 4,595,719. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 10 ’25, when Company’s Chairman & Rep. Director, ALIJ sold 29,802 for $107.29, making the entire transaction worth $3,197,509. This insider now owns 49,962 shares in total.

Aflac Inc (AFL) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.73 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -6.07% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 1.25% during the next five years compared to 16.83% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Aflac Inc (NYSE: AFL) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at Aflac Inc’s (AFL) current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.03. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 21.17.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 9.61, a number that is poised to hit 1.67 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.18 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Aflac Inc (AFL)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 2.02 million, its volume of 1.89 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 74.50%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.33.

During the past 100 days, Aflac Inc’s (AFL) raw stochastic average was set at 42.62%, which indicates a significant decrease from 47.82% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 48.08% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 26.05% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $106.69, while its 200-day Moving Average is $105.80. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $107.17 in the near term. At $109.36, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $111.21. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $103.13, it is likely to go to the next support level at $101.28. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $99.09.

Aflac Inc (NYSE: AFL) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 57.29 billion has total of 545,815K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 18,927 M in contrast with the sum of 5,443 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 5,404 M and last quarter income was 1,902 M.