Money Badger
5 years ago
To this day, Aflac remains a great company (and AFL a solid stock). I've invested in it since 1991, never sold a single share, and even DCA'ing monthly the *entire* time. For anyone considering AFL for the long-term, do your own diligence, but here is my current take: While Aflac may be an "old & boring" insurance company, it is also a very established dividend payer and is presently undervalued by most metrics. It's well covered with various independent analysts. AFL's Morningstar rating is typically 4 to 5 stars. Motley Fool usually depicts it with a 4 (of 5) CAPS rating (and with a 90%+ CEO approval rating with over *400* votes). In sum, Aflac is definitely not a get-rich-quick vehicle, but for me (after about 30 years of consistent dividends and periodic stock splits), it certainly remains one of my best rides to wealth.
whytestocks
6 years ago
News: $AFL Aflac Incorporated to Release Fourth Quarter Results on January 31, 2019
COLUMBUS, Ga. , Jan. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) announced today that it will release fourth quarter financial results after the market closes on January 31, 2019 . In conjunction with the earnings release, Aflac Incorporated will webcast a conference c...
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StockConsultant_com
12 years ago
AFL confirmed breakout above 52.31
BREAKOUT CONFIRMED breakout above 52.31, no resistance in area just above.
Type: Continuation breakout from single resistance.
Target: 55.19, 5.2% Stop: 51.43, Loss: 2%, Profit/Loss ratio: 2.6 : 1 - Good
CURRENT PRICE 52.47, just above resistance, 51.67 ± 0.62, type single, strength 1
RESISTANCE ABOVE None.
source: http://www.stockconsultant.com/consultnow/basicplus.cgi?symbol=AFL
StockConsultant_com
12 years ago
AFL continuation breakout watch above 51.44
BREAKOUT WATCH for possible breakout above 51.44, no resistance in area just above.
Type: True breakout from double resistance.
Target: 54.88, 7.1% Stop: 50.1, Loss: 2.2%, Profit/Loss ratio: 3.2 : 1 - Excellent
CURRENT PRICE 51.23, at resistance, 50.71 ± 0.71, type double, strength 7
RESISTANCE ABOVE None.
source http://www.stockconsultant.com
MiamiGent
13 years ago
AFL Aflac 1Q Net Surges Over Weak Year Ago; Core Profit Well Ahead Of Street
PROVIDED BY Dow Jones & Company, Inc. - 4:36 PM 04/24/2012
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
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Aflac Inc.'s (AFL) first-quarter earnings more than doubled over a year- earlier period hit by heavy investment losses, although the insurer also posted a core profit that easily exceeded expectations.
Shares jumped 5% to $44 after-hours as the insurer, which has operations in Japan and the U.S., also boosted its outlook for its Japanese operations, its largest revenue stream.
Chief Executive Daniel P. Amos said the company now expects Aflac Japan's full-year sales to increase 10%, compared with the company's previous expectation for a sales decline.
"Aflac Japan's first-quarter production set an all-time new annualized premium sales record for the third quarter in a row," Amos said. "More importantly, we believe the first quarter has positioned us for another strong year of sales activities in Japan."
Aflac (AFL) in recent months has been in the midst of an overhaul of its $100 billion investment portfolio after struggling with losses on its significant European holdings.
The insurer, which has already sold billions of dollars of European securities, in February revealed it had hired consultants from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and McKinsey & Co. to help it broaden and re-evaluate its investment approach.
For the first quarter, Aflac (AFL) posted a profit of $785 million, or $1.68 a share, up sharply from a year-earlier profit of $389 million, or 83 cents a share.
The latest results included after-tax realized investment losses, net of realized investment gains, of $29 million, or 6 cents a share. That compares with net after-tax losses of $376 million, or 79 cents a share, in the year- earlier period.
Operating earnings, which exclude investment gains and losses, rose to $1.74 a share from $1.62 a year earlier, easily topping the $1.65 expected by analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.
Revenue jumped 22% to $6.24 billion, reflecting the benefit from a stronger yen/dollar exchange rate. Analysts expected revenue of $6.2 billion.
-By Mia Lamar, Dow Jones Newswires
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
04-24-12 1636ET
Bart Myers
14 years ago
Morgan Stanley is out with its report today on Aflac (NYSE: AFL), downgrading AFL from Overweight to Equal-weight.
In a note to clients, Morgan Stanley writes, "With an RBC ratio of 520%, the consensus view is that Aflac is flush with excess capital – as much as $2.0 billion by some estimates. Our review of its Japan SMR leads us to a different conclusion – its ratio of 512% (old method: 919%) is less robust, both in absolute and relative terms, and we expect the de-risking initiatives being executed could place further pressure on the ratio. We expect this will limit capital management opportunities for the company. We downgrade AFL to EW."
Source: http://www.benzinga.com/analyst-ratings/analyst-color/11/05/1117990/update-morgan-stanley-downgrades-aflac-to-equal-weight#ixzz1NZ1mIvXH
blip63
14 years ago
Aflac Quacks Up A Good Quarter, Good Hands Hits A Homer
04.28.11, 11:25 AM ET
Late yesterday, Aflac reported first quarter profits of $395 million, or $0.84 per share, compared to $636 million, or $1.35 per share, last year.
The company said total revenues were up 1% to $5.12 billion, reflecting a stronger yen and realized investment losses.
Adjusted earnings of $1.63 per share beat analyst expectations.
The insurer said that it expects operating earnings of $6.09 to $6.34 for the full year, if the yen averages 80 to 85 on the dollar for the year. It said its expected rate of earnings growth is lower for 2012 due to portfolio derisking activities and continued low interest rates in Japan.
Also late yesterday, Allstate posted first quarter earnings that jumped to $519 million, or $0.97 per share, from $120 million, or $0.22 per share, last year.
The revenue surge was due to lower catastrophe losses as well as investment gains, the company said. Consolidated revenue rose 4.5%, to $8.1 billion.
http://www.forbes.com/2011/04/28/insurance-earnings-aflac-allstate-marketnewsvideo.html