Currently, Aflac Inc. [AFL] is trading at $112.82, up 0.91%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The AFL shares have gain 3.41% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.23%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Aflac Inc. [NYSE: AFL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 05, 2024, when Barclays initiated its Underweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $96. Previously, Evercore ISI downgraded its rating to Underperform on January 04, 2024, and elevated its price target to $78. On August 18, 2023, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Equal-Weight and revised its price target to $75 on the stock. Wells Fargo initiated its recommendation with a Equal Weight and recommended $73 as its price target on April 25, 2023. Citigroup started tracking with a Neutral rating for this stock on May 24, 2022, and assigned it a price target of $60. In a note dated January 26, 2022, Jefferies initiated an Hold rating and provided a target price of $60 on this stock.
This stock has fluctuated between a low of $74.89 and a high of $112.10 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $92.22 within the next 12 months. Aflac Inc. [NYSE: AFL] shares were valued at $112.82 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -18.26% based on the average AFL price forecast.
Analyzing the AFL fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Aflac Inc. [NYSE:AFL] were 19.30B which represents -0.66% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.0% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.33%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.33%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.28%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.23 and Total Capital is 0.06. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.28.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 111.65 points at the first support level, and at 110.49 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 113.47, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 114.13.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Aflac Inc. [NYSE:AFL] is 1.64. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.27, the price to book ratio is 2.43 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.94.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Crawford Frederick John, Director, that happened on Sep 27 ’24 when 55000.0 shares were purchased. Former Officer, RIGGIERI ALBERT completed a deal on Aug 21 ’24 to buy 5496.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director MOSKOWITZ JOSEPH L sold 600.0 shares on Aug 08 ’24.
