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 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
88% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $360M | Put options by funds: $192M
29% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 116 | Existing positions closed: 90
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,388 [Q1] → 1,414 (+26) [Q2]
2% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $33.5B [Q1] → $34.4B (+$838M) [Q2]
0.12% less ownership
Funds ownership: 68.01% [Q1] → 67.89% (-0.12%) [Q2]
7% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 491 | Existing positions reduced: 530
10% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 20 [Q1] → 18 (-2) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
14 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
14 analyst ratings
B of A Securities Joshua Shanker 49% 1-year accuracy 24 / 49 met price target | 9%upside $124 | Buy Maintained | 10 Oct 2024 |
Wells Fargo Elyse Greenspan 69% 1-year accuracy 62 / 90 met price target | 6%downside $106 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 10 Oct 2024 |
TD Cowen Andrew Kligerman 80% 1-year accuracy 8 / 10 met price target | 10%downside $102 | Hold Initiated | 9 Oct 2024 |
JP Morgan Jimmy Bhullar 58% 1-year accuracy 19 / 33 met price target | 21%downside $90 | Neutral Maintained | 3 Oct 2024 |
Piper Sandler John Barnidge 78% 1-year accuracy 25 / 32 met price target | 8%upside $122 | Overweight Maintained | 2 Oct 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 11 articles about AFL published over the past 30 days