Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) shares fell to a low of $56.68 before closing at $57.21. Intraday shares traded counted 2.65 million, which was 20.56% higher than its 30-day average trading volume of 3.33M. AFL’s previous close was $56.68 while the outstanding shares total 688.94M. The firm has a beta of 0.99, a 12-month trailing P/E ratio of 7.35, and a growth ratio of 1.20. The stock’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) is 65.30, with weekly volatility at 1.62% and ATR at 0.93. The AFL stock’s 52-week price range has touched low of $33.37 and a $57.35 high. The stock traded higher over the last trading session, gaining 0.94% on 06/01/21.
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Investors have identified the Insurance – Life company Aflac Incorporated as an interesting stock but before investments are made there, an in-depth look at its trading activities will have to be conducted. The share is trading with a market value of around $38.98 billion, the company now has both obstacles and catalysts that affect them and they came from their mode of operations. With the company affected by events currently, it is a perfect time to analyze the numbers behind the firm in order to come up with a rather realistic picture of what this stock is.
Having a look at the company’s valuation, the company is expected to record 5.15 total earnings per share during the next fiscal year. It is very important though to remember that the importance of trend far outweighs that of outlook. This analysis has been great and getting further updates on AFL sounds very interesting.
Is the stock of AFL attractive?
In related news, Director, Fukuzawa Toshihiko sold 2,230 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that recorded on May 05. The sale was performed at an average price of 54.94, for a total value of 122,516. As the sale deal closes, the Director, MOSKOWITZ JOSEPH L now sold 100 shares of the company’s stock, valued at 5,096. Also, EVP, CFO Aflac Japan, Daniels James Todd sold 4,118 shares of the company’s stock in a deal that was recorded on Mar 29. The shares were price at an average price of 51.10 per share, with a total market value of 210,434. Following this completion of acquisition, the EVP, CFO Aflac Japan, Daniels James Todd now holds 30,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at 1,512,816. In the last 6 months, insiders have changed their ownership in shares of company stock by 0.30%.
2 out of 13 analysts covering the stock have rated it a Buy, while 9 have maintained a Hold recommendation on Aflac Incorporated. 1 analysts has assigned a Sell rating on the AFL stock. The 12-month mean consensus price target for the company’s shares has been set at $56.00.
