At the time of writing, Aflac Inc. [AFL] stock is trading at $114.99, up 0.53%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The AFL shares have gain 3.03% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 5.53%, 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 October 09, 2024, when TD Cowen initiated its Hold rating and assigned the stock a price target of $102. Previously, Barclays started tracking the stock with Underweight rating on September 05, 2024, and set its price target to $96. On January 04, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underperform and revised its price target to $78 on the stock. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight and increased its price target to $75 on August 18, 2023. Wells Fargo started tracking with a Equal Weight rating for this stock on April 25, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $73. In a note dated May 24, 2022, Citigroup initiated an Neutral rating and provided a target price of $60 on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Aflac Inc. fluctuated between $75.07 and $115.50. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $93.11 within the next 12 months. Aflac Inc. [NYSE: AFL] shares were valued at $114.99 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -19.03% based on the average AFL price forecast.
Analyzing the AFL fundamentals
According to Aflac Inc. [NYSE:AFL], the company’s sales were 19.30B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -0.66% plunge. 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. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.28.
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 114.51 points at the first support level, and at 114.03 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 115.41, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 115.83.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Aflac Inc. [NYSE:AFL] has a current ratio of 1.64. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.34, the price to book ratio is 2.48 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 12.17.
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.
