Aflac Stock News

COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) announced today that President and Chief Operating Officer of Aflac Incorporated Frederick J.

The stock market, specifically the S&P 500, still is high, but is down for the month of November so far.

DNB Asset Management AS raised its position in Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) by 7.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 407,148 shares of the financial services providers stock after buying an additional 28,888 shares during the period. DNB Asset Management []

Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) VP June P. Howard sold 6,840 shares of the firms stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $56.64, for a total transaction of $387,417.60. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. AFL []

Aflac Inc. (AFL) shares closed today at 2.0% below its 52 week high of $57.95, giving the company a market cap of $37B. The stock is currently up 30.0% year-to-date, up 30.0% over the past 12 months, and up 74.3% over the past five years. This week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9%, and the S&P 500 fell 0.2%. Trading Activity Trading volume this week was 4.7% lower than the 20-day average.Beta, a measure of the stocks volatility relative to the overall market stands at 0.9. Technical Indicators The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the stock was between 30 and 70.MACD, a trend-following momentum indicator, indicates a downward trend.The stock closed below its Bollinger band, indicating it may be oversold. Market Comparative Performance The company's share price is the same as the S&P 500 Index , lags it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis The company's share price is the same as the Dow Jones Industrial Average , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis The company share price is the same as the performance of its peers in the Financials industry sector , lags it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5 year basis Per Group Comparative Performance The company's stock price performance year-to-date lags the peer average by -11.9% The company's stock price performance over the past 12 months lags the peer average by -10.7% The company's price-to-earnings ratio, which relates a company's share price to its earnings per share, is 32.4% higher than the average peer. This story was produced by the Kwhen Automated News Generator. For more articles like this, please visit us at finance.kwhen.com. Write to [email protected]. © 2020 Kwhen Inc.

IFM Investors Pty Ltd lifted its position in shares of Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) by 6.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 101,786 shares of the financial services providers stock after acquiring an additional 5,769 shares during the period. []

Surevest LLC boosted its position in Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) by 5.8% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 90,107 shares of the financial services providers stock after purchasing an additional 4,967 shares during the quarter. Surevest LLCs holdings in Aflac were worth $4,697,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A []

Welch & Forbes LLC cut its position in Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) by 0.2% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 520,229 shares of the financial services providers stock after selling 896 shares during the period. Welch & Forbes LLC owned []

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Pensionfund DSM Netherlands acquired a new stake in shares of Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 11,200 shares of the financial services providers stock, valued at approximately $584,000. Several other hedge funds and other []

AFLAC Incorporated with ticker code (AFL) have now 10 analysts in total covering the stock. The consensus rating is ''Hold''. The target price ranges between 66 and 54 with the average target price sitting at 59.1. Given that the stocks previous close was at 55.9 this is indicating there is a potential upside of 5.7%. There is a 50 day moving average of 54.84 and the 200 day MA is 53.81. The company has a market cap of $36,675m. Company Website: /> [stock_market_widget type="chart" symbol="AFL" chart="bar" range="6mo" interval="1d" line-color="rgb(49, 125, 189)"] Aflac Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides supplemental health and life insurance products. It operates through two segments, Aflac Japan and Aflac U.S. The Aflac Japan segment offers cancer, medical, income support, GIFT, and whole and term life insurance products, as well as WAYS and child endowment plans under saving type insurance products in Japan. The Aflac U.S. segment provides cancer, accident, short-term disability, critical care, hospital indemnity, dental, vision, long-term care and disability, and term and whole life insurance products in the United States.

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