AflacAFL
Market Cap: $61B
About: Aflac Inc offers supplemental health insurance and life insurance in United States and Japan. In addition to its cancer policies, the company has broadened its product offerings to include accident, dental and vision, disability, and long-term-care insurance. It markets its products through independent distributors, selling majority of its policies directly to consumers at their places of work and also reaches out to its customers out of their worksite through digital mediums. The company has two reportable business segments; Aflac Japan which generates the majority of the revenue, and Aflac U.S.
Employees: 12,785
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
88% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $360M | Put options by funds: $192M
14% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 112 | Existing positions closed: 98
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,387 [Q1] → 1,401 (+14) [Q2]
2% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $33.5B [Q1] → $34.4B (+$823M) [Q2]
0.15% less ownership
Funds ownership: 68.01% [Q1] → 67.86% (-0.15%) [Q2]
8% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 486 | Existing positions reduced: 527
10% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 20 [Q1] → 18 (-2) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
13 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
13 analyst ratings
Barclays Alex Scott 89% 1-year accuracy 33 / 37 met price target | 12%downside $96 | Underweight Initiated | 4 Sept 2024 |
B of A Securities Joshua Shanker 56% 1-year accuracy 20 / 36 met price target | 6%upside $115 | Buy Maintained | 4 Sept 2024 |
Morgan Stanley Nigel Dally 75% 1-year accuracy 12 / 16 met price target | 10%downside $98 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 19 Aug 2024 |
UBS Brian Meredith 88% 1-year accuracy 28 / 32 met price target | 0%upside $109 | Neutral Maintained | 14 Aug 2024 |
Wells Fargo Elyse Greenspan 75% 1-year accuracy 52 / 69 met price target | 17%downside $90 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 12 Aug 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 10 articles about AFL published over the past 30 days