Cwm LLC Has $6.32 Million Stock Holdings in Aflac Incorporated $AFL

Cwm LLC increased its position in Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) by 97.6% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 56,543 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 27,927 shares during the quarter. Cwm LLC’s holdings in Aflac were worth $6,316,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of AFL. Whipplewood Advisors LLC raised its stake in Aflac by 1,526.7% in the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 244 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 229 shares during the period. Chilton Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Aflac during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $26,000. Mid American Wealth Advisory Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Aflac during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $26,000. Hilltop National Bank bought a new stake in Aflac in the 2nd quarter valued at $32,000. Finally, Darwin Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Aflac during the 2nd quarter valued at $33,000. Institutional investors own 67.44% of the company’s stock.

Key Stores Impacting Aflac

Here are the key news stories impacting Aflac this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Raymond James raised its price target on Aflac to $119 from $110, signaling continued analyst confidence in Aflac’s fundamentals and upside versus prior valuation expectations. Aflac price target raised to $119 from $110 at Raymond James
• Neutral Sentiment: Underlying fundamentals still look reasonable for many investors — Aflac has mid‑teens ROE and a P/E in the mid‑teens, and technicals show the stock sitting near its 50‑ and 200‑day averages — factors that can limit downside if earnings remain steady.
• Negative Sentiment: Aflac disclosed a major June data breach affecting about 22.6 million people that exposed Social Security numbers, health information and claims data — this raises potential remediation costs, credit‑monitoring expenses, class‑action and regulatory risk, and possible business/reputation impacts. The company is offering protections, but the scale of affected customers makes this a material operational risk to monitor. Aflac Reveals Just How Big Its Data Breach Really Was Massive Aflac breach exposed millions of SSNs and other data – get free protection today

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have commented on AFL shares. Cowen reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Aflac in a report on Monday, December 22nd. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their target price on shares of Aflac from $108.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of Aflac from $107.00 to $109.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Piper Sandler set a $125.00 price objective on shares of Aflac and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. Finally, Barclays restated an “underweight” rating and set a $104.00 price objective (up previously from $102.00) on shares of Aflac in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $110.58.

Aflac Price Performance

Shares of Aflac stock opened at $110.76 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 0.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $58.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.18 and a beta of 0.66. Aflac Incorporated has a twelve month low of $96.95 and a twelve month high of $115.83. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $110.07 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $107.26.

Aflac (NYSE:AFL) last announced its earnings results on Monday, February 27th. The financial services provider reported $1.07 EPS for the quarter. Aflac had a net margin of 23.55% and a return on equity of 14.97%. The company had revenue of $5.91 billion for the quarter. Analysts forecast that Aflac Incorporated will post 6.88 EPS for the current year.

Aflac Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.61 per share. This is a boost from Aflac’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.58. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 18th. This represents a $2.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.2%. Aflac’s dividend payout ratio is 31.85%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Steven Kent Beaver sold 5,492 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $109.53, for a total transaction of $601,538.76. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 38,368 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,202,447.04. This represents a 12.52% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Frederic Jean Guy Simard sold 1,722 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $112.50, for a total value of $193,725.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,364 shares in the company, valued at $153,450. The trade was a 55.80% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 31,766 shares of company stock valued at $3,549,706 over the last 90 days. 0.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Aflac Profile

Aflac Incorporated (American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus) is a provider of supplemental insurance products designed to help policyholders manage out-of-pocket health care and living expenses. The company underwrites a range of individual and group policies that typically pay cash benefits directly to insureds when covered events occur, enabling greater financial flexibility for medical treatment, hospital stays, critical illness, and related costs. Aflac’s product mix includes supplemental health insurance, life insurance and other specialty coverages intended to complement primary medical plans.

Founded in the mid-20th century and headquartered in Columbus, Georgia, Aflac distributes its products through a combination of employer-sponsored programs, independent brokers and agents, and direct marketing.