It's Time For a Quick Look at AFLAC's Fundamentals.

By Harris Dyer • Thursday, January 11 09:47 • Permanent Link

AFLAC marked a -0.5% change today, compared to 0.0% for the S&P 500. Is it a good value at today's price of $82.21? Only an in-depth analysis can answer that question, but here are some facts that can give you an idea:

Aflac Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides supplemental health and life insurance products.
AFLAC belongs to the Finance sector, which has an average price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.38 and an average price to book (P/B) of 1.58
The company's P/B ratio is 2.13
AFLAC has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.3 based on its trailing 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $7.3 per share
Its forward P/E ratio is 12.8, based on its forward earnings per share (EPS) of $6.4
AFL has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.14, which shows the company is overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
Over the last four years, AFLAC has averaged free cash flows of $4.96 Billion, which on average grew -8.7%
AFLAC has moved 15.1% over the last year compared to 20.1% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -5.0%
AFL has an average analyst rating of hold and is 0.35% away from its mean target price of $81.92 per share

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