Aflac Incorporated ( AFL ) will begin trading ex-dividend on February 11, 2016. A cash dividend payment of $0.41 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 01, 2016. Shareholders who purchased AFL prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 5.13% increase over the same period a year ago.
The previous trading day's last sale of AFL was $57.93, representing a -12.93% decrease from the 52 week high of $66.53 and a 12.68% increase over the 52 week low of $51.41.
AFL is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as Principal Financial Group Inc ( PFG ) and PartnerRe Ltd. ( PRE ). AFL's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $5.72. Zacks Investment Research reports AFL's forecasted earnings growth in 2016 as 2.67%, compared to an industry average of 25.7%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the AFL Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to AFL through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have AFL as a top-10 holding:
- iShares U.S. Insurance ETF ( IAK )
- PowerShares KBW Insurance Portfoliio ETF ( KBWI )
- SPDR S&P Insurance ETF ( KIE )
- Schwab US Aggregate Bond ETF ( SCHZ )
- QuantShares U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund ETF ( CHEP ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is SCHZ with an increase of 1.53% over the last 100 days. IAK has the highest percent weighting of AFL at 4.54%.
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The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.