Aflac Inc (NYSE: AFL) kicked off on Friday, up 0.71% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $102.81. Over the past 52 weeks, AFL has traded in a range of $86.46-$115.50.
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A company in the Financial sector has dropped its sales by -3.23% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -6.72%. With a float of $484.85 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $542.49 million.
In an organization with 12694 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 79.82%, operating margin of 25.7%, and the pretax margin is 25.7%.
Aflac Inc (AFL) Insider and Institutional Ownership
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 59.24%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 20 ’25, was worth 3,906,941. In this transaction Pres. and Rep. Director, ALIJ of this company sold 37,000 shares at a rate of $105.59, taking the stock ownership to the 70,992 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 20 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 37,000 for $106.35, making the entire transaction worth $3,934,950.
Aflac Inc (AFL) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.72 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -6.72% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 1.35% 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 3.31. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 22.88.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.41, a number that is poised to hit 1.71 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.17 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Aflac Inc (AFL)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 2.07 million. That was better than the volume of 2.01 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 19.51%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.99.
During the past 100 days, Aflac Inc’s (AFL) raw stochastic average was set at 39.02%, which indicates a significant increase from 32.86% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 16.37% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 26.68% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $106.58, while its 200-day Moving Average is $107.32. However, in the short run, Aflac Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $104.33. Second resistance stands at $105.13. The third major resistance level sits at $106.24. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $102.42, it is likely to go to the next support level at $101.31. The third support level lies at $100.51 if the price breaches the second support level.
Aflac Inc (NYSE: AFL) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 55.98 billion has total of 540,645K 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 3,398 M and last quarter income was 29,000 K.
