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Aflac (BSP:A1FL34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 12.14 (As of Jun. 06, 2025)


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What is Aflac Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-06), Aflac's current share price is R$572.00. Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was R$47.13. Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 12.14.

The historical rank and industry rank for Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:A1FL34' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.69   Med: 5.11   Max: 13.34
Current: 12.15

During the past years, Aflac's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 13.34. The lowest was 2.69. And the median was 5.11.

BSP:A1FL34's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
53.85% of 312 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.095 vs BSP:A1FL34: 12.15

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Aflac's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was R$6.202. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is R$47.13 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Aflac Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Aflac Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.43 5.79 7.75 9.54 12.29

Aflac Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.85 10.39 12.93 12.29 13.22

Competitive Comparison of Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Aflac Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=572.00/47.13
=12.14

* 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.

Aflac's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Aflac's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=6.202/134.9266*134.9266
=6.202

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Aflac Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 5.887 100.684 7.889
201509 7.547 100.392 10.143
201512 9.105 99.792 12.311
201603 5.847 100.470 7.852
201606 6.292 101.688 8.349
201609 5.009 101.861 6.635
201612 7.649 101.863 10.132
201703 6.800 102.862 8.920
201706 5.809 103.349 7.584
201709 5.640 104.136 7.308
201712 6.390 104.011 8.289
201803 5.179 105.290 6.637
201806 7.607 106.317 9.654
201809 9.856 106.507 12.486
201812 6.878 105.998 8.755
201903 7.846 107.251 9.871
201906 4.186 108.070 5.226
201909 10.556 108.329 13.148
201912 6.635 108.420 8.257
202003 9.497 108.902 11.767
202006 8.556 108.767 10.614
202009 15.130 109.815 18.590
202012 9.920 109.897 12.179
202103 11.125 111.754 13.432
202106 7.104 114.631 8.362
202109 14.558 115.734 16.972
202112 7.428 117.630 8.520
202203 9.605 121.301 10.684
202206 4.002 125.017 4.319
202209 8.928 125.227 9.620
202212 8.700 125.222 9.374
202303 7.551 127.348 8.000
202306 3.558 128.729 3.729
202309 10.616 129.860 11.030
202312 4.877 129.419 5.085
202403 7.321 131.776 7.496
202406 2.423 132.554 2.466
202409 12.550 133.029 12.729
202412 3.658 133.157 3.707
202503 6.202 134.927 6.202

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Aflac  (BSP:A1FL34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Aflac Business Description

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Address
1932 Wynnton Road, Columbus, GA, USA, 31999
Aflac Inc offers supplemental health insurance and life insurance in the United States and Japan. In addition to its cancer policies, the company has broadened its product offerings to include accident, dental and vision, disability, and long-term-care insurance. It markets its products through independent distributors, selling the majority of its policies directly to consumers at their places of work, and also reaches out to its customers outside of their worksite through digital mediums. The company has two reportable business segments; Aflac Japan which generates the majority of the revenue, and Aflac U.S.

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