Quick Look at AFLAC (AFL)

By Naomi Wentworth • Thursday, May 28 16:09 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about AFLAC over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Diversified Insurance stock at a price of $112.64? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

AFLAC has moved 11.7% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 27.2%
AFL has an average analyst rating of hold and is 0.5% away from its mean target price of $112.07 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $8.75
AFLAC has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.9 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $7.6 and its forward P/E ratio is 14.8
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.92 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
AFLAC is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 15.92 and an average P/B of 1.78
AFL has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 3860.0% and gross profit margins of 0.5%
The company has a free cash flow of $4.92 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Aflac Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides supplemental health and life insurance products. It operates in two segments, Aflac Japan and Aflac U.S. The Aflac Japan segment offers cancer, medical, nursing care, whole life, and GIFT insurance products, as well as WAYS and child endowment, and Tsumitasu insurance products in Japan. Its Aflac U.S. segment provides accident, disability, cancer, critical illness, hospital indemnity, dental, vision, and life insurance products in the United States. The company also provides hearing, final expense, pet, Medicare supplement, supplemental dental and vision, short-term disability, and absence management insurance products, as well as cafeteria plans. It sells its products to individuals, families, and business owners through individual, independent corporate, and affiliated corporate agencies; banks; independent associates/career agents; and brokers. Aflac Incorporated was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Columbus, Georgia.

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