03 June, 2017
(AFL) stake by 11.88% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 18,712 shares of company stock worth $1,349,874 over the last ninety days. The American National Bank holds 89,666 shares with $6.24 million value, down from 174,146 last quarter. The firm has a market cap of $30.10 billion, a PE ratio of 12.34 and a beta of 1.01.
About 211,370 shares traded.
Stock market analysts and brokers have recently amended their target prices on shares of Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL). It has underperformed by 9.02% the S&P500.
Zebra Capital Management Llc increased Aflac Inc Com Stk (AFL) stake by 70.25% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. The stock is expected to report revenue as high as $5.52B and as low as $5.32B per share. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 2,391 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $166,000 after buying an additional 7 shares during the last quarter. The other 13, though not evenly; between analysts who think you should buy The Williams Companies, Inc. The stock declined 0.22% or $0.14 reaching $64.97 on the news.
On 06/01/2017 close, Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY) rose 1.54% to $55.40. The stock of AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) earned " rating by Raymond James on Wednesday, April 19.
Aflac Inc (NYSE:AFL) institutional sentiment decreased to 0.83 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.05, from 1.18 in 2016Q3. The ratio turned negative, as 318 investment professionals started new and increased holdings, while 382 sold and reduced their positions in Aflac Inc. 73 funds opened positions while 245 raised stakes. The investment professionals in our partner's database now have: 251.81 million shares, up from 248.91 million shares in 2016Q3. And it remains to be seen which target price AFL can achieve without sacrificing much as the company is holding a 9.39% gain for the past twelve months. Leavell Invest Mngmt invested in 0.6% or 133,181 shares. Corporate insiders own 3.90% of the company's stock. Benchmark maintained the shares of IAC in report on Friday, November 4 with "Buy" rating.
04/14/2016 - Aflac Incorporated was upgraded to "outperform" by analysts at Macquarie. Davenport & Company Limited Liability Company accumulated 11,167 shares. 23,639 are held by Yhb. Capstone Asset Mngmt Co holds 0.16% of its portfolio in AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) for 79,604 shares. Security Natl Tru reported 4,779 shares stake. Baker Avenue Asset Mgmt LP reported 0.1% of its portfolio in AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL). Family Firm Incorporated reported 8,200 shares. Brown Advisory Inc holds 0.02% or 81,028 shares.
ILLEGAL ACTIVITY WARNING: "Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Acquires 277 Shares of AFLAC Incorporated (AFL)" was published by The Cerbat Gem and is owned by of The Cerbat Gem. The insider CLONINGER KRISS III sold $243,110. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 31,185 shares in the company, valued at $2,244,072.60. Legal General Gp Public Limited Company invested in 0.12% or 1.91 million shares. Lloyd Karole bought $136,839 worth of stock or 2,000 shares. Its down 7.84% from 5,100 shares previously. Therefore 7% are positive. The firm earned "Hold" rating on Monday, December 5 by Deutsche Bank. RBC Capital Markets maintained it with "Underperform" rating and $66 target in Monday, May 1 report. "Bruyette & Woods;KBW; KBW" upgraded the shares of AFL in report on Thursday, August 27 to "Mkt Perform" rating.
01/26/2017 - Citigroup began new coverage on Aflac Incorporated giving the company a "neutral" rating. The stock now has a Market Cap of $29.88B. It conducts Tools business through a subsidiary, Continental Tool Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:PFIN) for 1,399 shares. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of AFLAC by 7.2% in the fourth quarter.
Analysts await AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) to report earnings on July, 27.
Last time, the company failed Wall Street by reporting EPS of $1.46, smashing the consensus of $1.63 per share. Nonetheless, from here on out, earnings per share forecasts for the current quarter are $1.63.
Investors sentiment decreased to 0.83 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.05, from 1.05 in 2016Q3. It turned negative, as 60 investors sold PFE shares while 672 reduced holdings. 128 funds opened positions while 609 raised stakes. (NYSE:PFE). Ameritas Investment holds 148,218 shares or 0.24% of its portfolio. Bank & Trust Of America Corporation De has invested 0% in P & F Industries, Inc. (NYSE:MRK) for 1,496 shares. Its up 23.61% from 960,000 shares previously.
Gendell Jeffrey L holds 1.51% of its portfolio in Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. for 518,065 shares. Ameritas Partners stated it has 14,992 shares. (NYSE:MRK). Barometer Cap Management Inc has invested 0.07% of its portfolio in Merck & Co., Inc. Eqis Capital Management holds 18,900 shares or 0.08% of its portfolio. Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas Mgmt Incorporated has 0.23% invested in Pfizer Inc. Icon Advisers Inc acquired 292,100 shares as Pfizer Inc. It also reduced Sonic Automotive Inccl A Com S (NYSE:SAH) stake by 57,744 shares and now owns 20,585 shares.
AFL has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. (PFE)'s stock declined 3.45%. The stock of Merck & Co., Inc. The rating was maintained by Benchmark on Thursday, February 4 with "Buy". Jefferies maintained it with "Hold" rating and $54 target in Friday, April 15 report. The rating was upgraded by SunTrust to "Neutral" on Wednesday, November 25. The firm has "Hold" rating by Societe Generale given on Wednesday, September 30. Credit Suisse maintained Pfizer Inc. Credit Suisse has "Outperform" rating and $39 target. (NYSE:MRK) rating on Tuesday, December 1. Target prices may vary from one analyst to another due to the various ways they may proceed to calculate future price targets. Barclays Capital has "Overweight" rating and $67 target.
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