Aflac
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 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
50% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $427M | Put options by funds: $284M
31% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 143 | Existing positions closed: 109
0.53% less ownership
Funds ownership: 67.01% [Q3] → 66.48% (-0.53%) [Q4]
5% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $41.9B [Q3] → $39.9B (-$1.94B) [Q4]
3% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,524 [Q3] → 1,483 (-41) [Q4]
13% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 481 | Existing positions reduced: 556
27% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 30 [Q3] → 22 (-8) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
7 analyst ratings
Wells Fargo Elyse Greenspan 68% 1-year accuracy 77 / 114 met price target | 0%downside $102 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 19 Feb 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Ryan Krueger 86% 1-year accuracy 18 / 21 met price target | 2%upside $104 | Market Perform Maintained | 12 Feb 2025 |
Barclays Alex Scott 48% 1-year accuracy 37 / 77 met price target | 7%downside $95 | Underweight Maintained | 7 Feb 2025 |
Piper Sandler John Barnidge 71% 1-year accuracy 34 / 48 met price target | 16%upside $118 | Overweight Maintained | 7 Feb 2025 |
BMO Capital Jack Matten 75% 1-year accuracy 3 / 4 met price target | 9%upside $111 | Market Perform Initiated | 23 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 13 articles about AFL published over the past 30 days
