Aflac Incorporated

AFL Financial Insurance Life

Aflac Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $17.2 billion, down 9.31% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−31.0%
EPS
−80.3%
Free cash flow
−4.39%
Total debt
+2.48%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

124.57 1.67 −1.32%
Market cap
$63.3B
P/E
18.3×
Fwd P/E
17.4×
Dividend yield
1.91%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Aflac Incorporated (AFL) Return on invested capital

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Aflac Incorporated's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.24%, down 0.7 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 7.11% and above the Financial sector median of 4.70%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

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
PRI Primerica, Inc. compare 17.5%
MET MetLife, Inc. compare 10.7%
PRU Prudential Financial, Inc. compare 10.4%
AFL Aflac Incorporated 8.24%
JXN Jackson Financial Inc. compare 5.59%
UNM Unum Group compare 1.32%
GL Globe Life Inc. compare 0.00%
LNC Lincoln National Corporation compare 0.00%
PUK Prudential Public Limited Company compare 0.00%
Insurance Life industry median 7.11%
Financial sector median 4.70%
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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