Aflac
About: Aflac Inc offers supplemental health insurance and life insurance in the 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 the majority of its policies directly to consumers at their places of work, and also reaches out to its customers outside 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: 12,694
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
50% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $427M | Put options by funds: $284M
46% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 162 | Existing positions closed: 111
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,524 [Q3] → 1,540 (+16) [Q4]
0.24% more ownership
Funds ownership: 66.55% [Q3] → 66.79% (+0.24%) [Q4]
4% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $41.6B [Q3] → $40.1B (-$1.47B) [Q4]
13% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 495 | Existing positions reduced: 572
23% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 30 [Q3] → 23 (-7) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
7 analyst ratings
Morgan Stanley Nigel Dally 64% 1-year accuracy 7 / 11 met price target | 8%downside $100 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 10 Apr 2025 |
UBS Brian Meredith 75% 1-year accuracy 27 / 36 met price target | 5%upside $114 | Neutral Maintained | 2 Apr 2025 |
Piper Sandler John Barnidge 47% 1-year accuracy 22 / 47 met price target | 14%upside $124 | Overweight Maintained | 2 Apr 2025 |
JP Morgan Jimmy Bhullar 56% 1-year accuracy 20 / 36 met price target | 12%downside $96 | Neutral Maintained | 2 Apr 2025 |
Wells Fargo Elyse Greenspan 54% 1-year accuracy 61 / 113 met price target | 6%downside $102 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 19 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 11 articles about AFL published over the past 30 days
