Aflac Inc [NYSE: AFL] stock went on a downward path that fall over -3.92% on Thursday, amounting to a one-week price decrease of less than -4.78%.
Over the last 12 months, AFL stock rose by 35.05%. The one-year Aflac Inc stock forecast points to a potential upside of 1.58. The average equity rating for AFL stock is currently 3.11, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $57.26 billion, with 549.96 million shares outstanding and 499.16 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 1.88M shares, AFL stock reached a trading volume of 4397955 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on Aflac Inc [AFL]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for AFL shares is $104.73 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on AFL stock is a recommendation set at 3.11. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
BMO Capital Markets have made an estimate for Aflac Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Market Perform, with their previous recommendation back on January 23, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, TD Cowen raised their target price to Hold. The new note on the price target was released on October 09, 2024, representing the official price target for Aflac Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $96, while Barclays analysts kept a Underweight rating on AFL stock. On January 04, 2024, analysts increased their price target for AFL shares from 76 to 78.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Aflac Inc is set at 2.09, with the Price to Sales ratio for AFL stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.03. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.31. Price to Free Cash Flow for AFL in the course of the last twelve months was 17.86.
AFL Stock Performance Analysis:
Aflac Inc [AFL] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -4.78. With this latest performance, AFL shares gained by 1.27% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 4.54% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 35.05% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for AFL stock in for the last two-week period is set at 41.18, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 35.55, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 43.52 for Aflac Inc [AFL]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 105.62, while it was recorded at 106.24 for the last single week of trading, and 100.89 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Aflac Inc Fundamentals:
Aflac Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Current Ratio set at 1.70.
AFL Stock EPS
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for AFL. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Aflac Inc go to 1.37%.
Aflac Inc [AFL] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $60.26%, or 67.06%% of AFL stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of AFL stocks are: JAPAN POST HOLDINGS CO., LTD. with ownership of 52.3 million shares, which is approximately 9.0975%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 51.2 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$4.57 billion in AFL stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$3.58 billion in AFL stock with ownership which is approximately 6.9683%.
