Aflac (NYSE:AFL) EBIT

: $5,448 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2023)

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Aflac's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $1,854 Mil. Its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $5,448 Mil.

EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Aflac's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 5.47%.

EBIT is also linked to Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield. Aflac's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 11.01%.

Aflac EBIT Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aflac's EBIT can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Aflac Annual Data

Trend

Dec13

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

EBIT

4,205.00

4,673.00

4,401.00

5,560.00

4,830.00

Aflac Quarterly Data
	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23
EBIT																1,388.00	328.00	1,390.00	1,876.00	1,854.00

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Aflac's EV-to-EBIT, along with its competitors' market caps and EV-to-EBIT data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Aflac EV-to-EBIT Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Aflac's EV-to-EBIT distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Aflac's EV-to-EBIT falls into.

Aflac EBIT Calculation

EBIT, sometimes also called Earnings Before Interest and Taxes, is a measure of a firm's profit that includes all expenses except interest and income tax expenses. It is the difference between operating revenues and operating expenses. When a firm does not have non-operating income, then Operating Income is sometimes used as a synonym for EBIT and operating profit.

EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $5,448 Mil.

Aflac (NYSE:AFL) EBIT Explanation

1. EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Aflac's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	EBIT * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Jun. 2023 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2023 ))	/ count )
=	7416 * ( 1 - 13.07% )	/	( (121142.65	+	114381.95)	/ 2 )
=	6446.7288	/	117762.3
=	5.47 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Jun. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents	-	5% * Revenue )
=	130626	-	5022	-	( 4720	-	5% * 5173 )
=	121142.65

	Invested Capital		(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents	-	5% * Revenue )
=	125111	-	5476	-	( 5502	-	5% * 4979 )
=	114381.95

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2023) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % does not apply to banks and insurance companies.

3. It is also linked to Joel Greenblatt's definition of Earnings Yield:

Aflac's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for today is calculated as:

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %	=	EBIT (TTM)	/	Enterprise Value (Q: Sep. 2023 )
	=	5448	/	49483.339
	=	11.01 %

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Aflac (NYSE:AFL) Business Description

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Address

1932 Wynnton Road, Columbus, GA, USA, 31999

Website

https://www.aflac.com

Aflac Inc offers supplemental health insurance and life insurance in the two largest insurance markets in the world, the U.S. and Japan. In addition to its cancer policies, the company has broadened its product offerings to include accident, disability, and long-term-care insurance. It markets its products through independent distributors, selling most of its policies directly to consumers at their places of work.

Executives

Simard Frederic Jean Guy	officer: SVP, CFO, Aflac U.S.	1932 WYNNTON ROAD, COLUMBUS GA 31999
Miwako Hosoda	director	1932 WYNNTON ROAD, COLUMBUS GA 31999
Virgil Raynard Miller	officer: President, Aflac U.S.	1932 WYNNTON ROAD, COLUMBUS GA 31999
Bradley Eugene Dyslin	officer: Executive Vice President	1932 WYNNTON ROAD, COLUMBUS GA 31999
Arthur Reginald Collins	director	3911 LORCOM LANE, ARLINGTON VA 22207
Nobuchika Mori	director	1932 WYNNTON ROAD, COLUMBUS GA 31999
Georgette D. Kiser	director	1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20004-2505
Steven Kent Beaver	officer: SVP, CFO, Aflac US	1932 WYNNTON ROAD, COLUMBUS GA 31999
Richard Jr Williams	officer: Executive V.P.	1932 WYNNTON RD, COLUMBUS GA 31999
Albert Riggieri	officer: SVP, Corporate Actuary	1932 WYNNTON RD, COLUMBUS GA 31999
Katherine Rohrer	director	1932 WYNNTON RD, COLUMBUS GA 31999
Masatoshi Koide	officer: Deputy President, Aflac Japan	1932 WYNNTON RD, COLUMBUS GA 31999
Max Broden	officer: Senior Vice President	1932 WYNNTON RD, COLUMBUS GA 31999
Karole Lloyd	director	1932 WYNNTON ROAD, COLUMBUS GA 31999
Toshihiko Fukuzawa	director	1932 WYNNTON RD, COLUMBUS GA 31999