Aflac Valuation

Is AFL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AFL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AFL ($83.65) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($146.82)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AFL is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AFL?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

AFL key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA9.7x
PEG Ratio-1.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AFL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AFL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average18.7x
MET MetLife
36.7x22.3%US$50.7b
PRU Prudential Financial
16.1x13.9%US$39.7b
PFG Principal Financial Group
14.4x12.8%US$18.6b
UNM Unum Group
7.6x6.3%US$9.7b
AFL Aflac
10.3x-7.6%US$48.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AFL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.3x) compared to the peer average (18.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AFL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Insurance Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a10.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AFL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.3x) compared to the US Insurance industry average (14.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AFL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AFL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.3x
Fair PE Ratio12.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AFL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AFL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$83.65
US$84.54
+1.1%
7.8%US$100.00US$75.00n/a13
Apr ’25US$85.19
US$83.08
-2.5%
5.5%US$92.00US$75.00n/a13
Mar ’25US$80.43
US$83.08
+3.3%
5.5%US$92.00US$75.00n/a13
Feb ’25US$76.20
US$82.86
+8.7%
6.2%US$92.00US$75.00n/a14
Jan ’25US$82.50
US$79.50
-3.6%
7.9%US$90.00US$61.00n/a14
Dec ’24US$82.61
US$79.78
-3.4%
7.7%US$90.00US$61.00n/a14
Nov ’24US$79.05
US$77.49
-2.0%
8.3%US$86.00US$60.00n/a14
Oct ’24US$76.75
US$76.49
-0.3%
9.2%US$86.00US$58.00n/a14
Sep ’24US$74.77
US$75.78
+1.3%
9.2%US$86.00US$58.00n/a14
Aug ’24US$72.11
US$72.09
-0.02%
7.6%US$80.00US$58.00n/a14
Jul ’24US$69.80
US$71.23
+2.0%
7.7%US$80.00US$57.00n/a13
Jun ’24US$64.69
US$70.77
+9.4%
7.4%US$80.00US$57.00n/a13
May ’24US$70.36
US$70.64
+0.4%
7.1%US$80.00US$57.00US$83.6514
Apr ’24US$64.52
US$70.77
+9.7%
8.2%US$80.00US$57.00US$85.1913
Mar ’24US$68.12
US$71.15
+4.5%
7.8%US$80.00US$57.00US$80.4313
Feb ’24US$73.28
US$70.46
-3.8%
8.2%US$80.00US$57.00US$76.2013
Jan ’24US$71.94
US$67.77
-5.8%
9.4%US$80.00US$54.00US$82.5013
Dec ’23US$71.91
US$67.77
-5.8%
9.4%US$80.00US$54.00US$82.6113
Nov ’23US$66.81
US$63.54
-4.9%
7.9%US$73.00US$54.00US$79.0513
Oct ’23US$56.20
US$62.23
+10.7%
6.1%US$67.00US$54.00US$76.7513
Sep ’23US$59.52
US$61.92
+4.0%
6.7%US$67.00US$54.00US$74.7713
Aug ’23US$56.71
US$61.00
+7.6%
7.0%US$67.00US$53.00US$72.1113
Jul ’23US$56.24
US$61.92
+10.1%
7.2%US$69.00US$53.00US$69.8013
Jun ’23US$59.81
US$61.79
+3.3%
7.7%US$69.00US$53.00US$64.6914
May ’23US$57.28
US$62.31
+8.8%
7.8%US$69.00US$54.00US$70.3613

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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