AFL Stock — Aflac Incorporated

Aflac Incorporated (AFL)

Updated October 16, 2026.

AFL is a Stock. its distribution rate is 2.03%, its trailing-12-month yield is 2.01%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 100/100 (Safe). Total return is 234216.4% over the past 46.6 years.

Aflac is a supplemental health and life insurance provider operating through two main segments: Aflac Japan, which offers cancer, medical, nursing care, and whole life coverage, and Aflac U.S., which provides accident, disability, cancer, critical illness, and other supplemental insurance products sold primarily through corporate agencies and brokers. The company distributes dividends quarterly at a modest current yield. Aflac appeals to income-focused investors seeking exposure to the insurance sector with regular dividend payments.

AFL performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 234216.4% over the past 46.6 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 14.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 13.7%.

AFL key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

100 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

2.03%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

03/17/1980

Distribution rate

2.03%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

2.01%

5-year average yield

2.13

Last close

$119.97 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$60,146,155,461

Average volume

1908300.0

Dividend

$0.61

Ex-dividend date

08/19/2026

Payment date

09/01/2026

Beta

0.556

Payout ratio

31.9%

P/E ratio

12.9

Forward P/E

15.1976

EPS

$9.30

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (2.03%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (2.01%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AFL risks and drawbacks

AFL's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 13.7%.

Who may consider AFL — and who may not

AFL may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (AFL pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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