Aflac (TSE:8686) Dividend Yield % : 2.14% (As of Apr. 26, 2024)

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What is Aflac Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-26), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Aflac is 2.14%.

Warning Sign:

Aflac Inc stock dividend yield is close to 3-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Aflac's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:8686' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.86 Med: 2.28 Max: 4.04
Current: 2.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Aflac was 4.04%. The lowest was 1.86%. And the median was 2.28%.

TSE:8686's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
75% of 400 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 3.505 vs TSE:8686: 2.14

Aflac's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Aflac was 0.28. The lowest was 0.23. And the median was 0.25.

As of today (2024-04-26), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Aflac is 2.09%.

Aflac's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円0.00.

During the past 12 months, Aflac's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 14.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Aflac was 29.70% per year. The lowest was 5.10% per year. And the median was 14.00% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Aflac Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aflac's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of Aflac's Dividend Yield %

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Aflac's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

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Aflac's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Aflac's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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Aflac Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Aflac (TSE:8686) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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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.

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