Aflac Incorporated AFL

113.72 (0.29) (0.25%) as of 25 Sep
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$57.2B
P/E
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Aflac Incorporated (AFL) Return on invested capital

Aflac Incorporated's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 11.0%, up 2.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.95%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.16% (fiscal 2020) to 14.7% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Insurance Life industry median of 8.20% and above the Financial sector median of 4.85%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 8.95% (5.70)
FY2024 14.7% 1.52
FY2023 13.1% 0.26
FY2022 12.9% 3.87
FY2021 9.00% 1.84
FY2020 7.16% (1.91)
FY2019 9.07% (0.93)
FY2018 10.0% 0.49
FY2017 9.51% (2.60)
FY2016 12.1% (1.06)

Against its own ten years

Low 7.16% High 14.7%
Ten-year median 10.0%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
LNC Lincoln National Corporation compare 24.5%
PRI Primerica, Inc. compare 17.9%
GL Globe Life Inc. compare 11.6%
AFL Aflac Incorporated 11.0%
MET MetLife, Inc. compare 10.7%
PRU Prudential Financial, Inc. compare 8.20%
UNM Unum Group compare 3.94%
PUK Prudential Public Limited Company compare 0.00%
JXN Jackson Financial Inc. compare −0.13%
Insurance Life industry median 8.20%
Financial sector median 4.85%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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