Aflac (AFL) Competitors $102.04 -2.24 (-2.14%) Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$102.62 +0.58 (+0.56%) As of 02/21/2025 07:20 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends AFL vs. MET, PRU, UNM, PRI, LNC, CNO, CIA, PFG, MS, and AXPShould you be buying Aflac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aflac include MetLife (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU), Unum Group (UNM), Primerica (PRI), Lincoln National (LNC), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Citizens (CIA), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Morgan Stanley (MS), and American Express (AXP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Aflac vs. MetLife Prudential Financial Unum Group Primerica Lincoln National CNO Financial Group Citizens Principal Financial Group Morgan Stanley American Express Aflac (NYSE:AFL) and MetLife (NYSE:MET) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends. Do analysts recommend AFL or MET? Aflac currently has a consensus price target of $102.86, suggesting a potential upside of 0.80%. MetLife has a consensus price target of $92.58, suggesting a potential upside of 14.28%. Given MetLife's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MetLife is more favorable than Aflac.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Aflac 2 Sell rating(s) 10 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00MetLife 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 11 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.92 Which has better valuation & earnings, AFL or MET? Aflac has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MetLife. Aflac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MetLife, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAflac$18.93B3.00$5.44B$9.6010.63MetLife$70.99B0.79$4.43B$5.9713.57 Do institutionals and insiders believe in AFL or MET? 67.4% of Aflac shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of MetLife shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Aflac shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MetLife shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is AFL or MET a better dividend stock? Aflac pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. MetLife pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Aflac pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MetLife pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Aflac has raised its dividend for 44 consecutive years and MetLife has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Is AFL or MET more profitable? Aflac has a net margin of 28.76% compared to MetLife's net margin of 6.19%. MetLife's return on equity of 20.42% beat Aflac's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Aflac28.76% 16.20% 3.32% MetLife 6.19%20.42%0.86% Which has more risk & volatility, AFL or MET? Aflac has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MetLife has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AFL or MET? MetLife received 377 more outperform votes than Aflac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.80% of users gave MetLife an outperform vote while only 56.01% of users gave Aflac an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAflacOutperform Votes57856.01% Underperform Votes45443.99% MetLifeOutperform Votes95573.80% Underperform Votes33926.20% Does the media refer more to AFL or MET? In the previous week, MetLife had 5 more articles in the media than Aflac. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for MetLife and 24 mentions for Aflac. Aflac's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat MetLife's score of 1.06 indicating that Aflac is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Aflac 19 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive MetLife 21 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryMetLife beats Aflac on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Aflac News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AFL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart AFL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAflacAccident & health insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$56.69B$23.41B$11.58B$20.02BDividend Yield2.22%2.35%5.38%3.65%P/E Ratio10.638.3524.1334.88Price / Sales3.001.5426.4315.60Price / Cash13.439.9018.1520.85Price / Book2.171.702.594.92Net Income$5.44B$2.30B$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-1.37%-1.44%-1.41%-1.05%1 Month Performance-4.06%-0.43%0.19%-1.39%1 Year Performance28.75%26.89%15.13%13.93% Aflac Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AFLAflac4.4871 of 5 stars$102.04-2.1%$102.86+0.8%+28.7%$56.69B$18.93B10.6312,785Analyst ForecastPositive NewsMETMetLife4.9956 of 5 stars$81.78-0.7%$92.17+12.7%+17.5%$56.63B$70.99B13.7045,000Analyst ForecastPositive NewsPRUPrudential Financial4.9608 of 5 stars$111.54-0.3%$125.46+12.5%+1.7%$39.71B$68.05B14.9340,658Ex-DividendAnalyst ForecastPositive NewsUNMUnum Group4.7692 of 5 stars$74.42-1.3%$80.33+7.9%+51.2%$13.59B$12.89B7.8610,812Analyst ForecastBuyback AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionPositive NewsPRIPrimerica4.7765 of 5 stars$281.29-1.0%$310.43+10.4%+10.7%$9.39B$2.82B21.493,450Analyst ForecastInsider TradeLNCLincoln National4.8476 of 5 stars$39.09-0.4%$35.40-9.4%+39.2%$6.66B$18.44B2.1311,024Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageCNOCNO Financial Group4.5406 of 5 stars$41.42-0.2%$40.50-2.2%+48.5%$4.27B$4.45B11.073,500Insider TradeCIACitizens1.3004 of 5 stars$5.39-4.4%N/A+79.1%$269.02M$240.68M12.53220PFGPrincipal Financial Group3.9823 of 5 stars$85.65-1.5%$85.54-0.1%+5.9%$19.59B$16.13B12.8219,800Analyst ForecastPositive NewsMSMorgan Stanley4.5623 of 5 stars$139.19+1.7%$131.27-5.7%+54.0%$224.24B$107.29B17.5380,000AXPAmerican Express4.587 of 5 stars$311.37+1.3%$296.38-4.8%+40.0%$219.34B$65.95B22.2274,600Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies MET Competitors PRU Competitors UNM Competitors PRI Competitors LNC Competitors CNO Competitors CIA Competitors PFG Competitors MS Competitors AXP Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:AFL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[RFK Jr CONFIRMED] Here’s why Dems are TERRIFIEDRobert F. 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