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NYSE: AFLAflac (AFL) stock, explained like you're 5
Aflac trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker AFL. It is a large cap company in the insurance life industry, part of the financial services sector, with a market value of about 56.8 billion dollars.
- Ticker
- AFL
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Insurance Life
- Size
- Large cap, about 56.8 billion dollars
How Aflac makes money
- Interest earned on loans minus interest paid on deposits.
- Fees for payments, advice, trading and insurance.
- Investment returns on the money they manage.
What moves AFL stock
- Interest rates and the health of the economy.
- How many borrowers fail to repay loans.
- Rules from regulators and market activity.
In the news lately
- Aflac Stock And Other U.S. Insurers With More Upside From Higher Bond Yields (Simply Wall Street)
- 3 Reasons AFL is Risky and 1 Stock to Buy Instead (Yahoo Finance)
- Aflac Incorporated Announces Second Quarter 2026 Results, Declares Third Quarter Dividend (Aflac)
- Insider Selling: Aflac (NYSE:AFL) Major Shareholder Sells 12,100 Shares of Stock (MarketBeat)
- Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. Trims Aflac Inc (AFL) Stake Shares Look 13% Undervalued on GF Value (GuruFocus)
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Questions about Aflac stock
What does Aflac do?
Aflac trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker AFL. It is a large cap company in the insurance life industry, part of the financial services sector, with a market value of about 56.8 billion dollars.
What is the ticker symbol for Aflac?
Aflac trades under the ticker AFL on the New York Stock Exchange.
How does Aflac make money?
Interest earned on loans minus interest paid on deposits. Fees for payments, advice, trading and insurance. Investment returns on the money they manage.
What moves AFL stock?
Interest rates and the health of the economy. How many borrowers fail to repay loans. Rules from regulators and market activity.
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