Below are the top accident & health insurance stocks on the NYSE in terms of earnings estimate for the next quarter.AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) is estimated to post earnings of $1.54 per share in the September quarter.

By Mritik Capital:I came across AFLAC (AFL) in November 2011 after the shares of the company had a deep dive due to concerns of European Security Exposure. The stock fell from $58 in January 2011 to $30 in September 2011 and then recovered to $49 by

By Daniel Caycedo:The market has been on a tear this year with major indexes hitting all time highs. In this environment, it becomes increasingly difficult to find value with a margin of safety. Many Dividend growth stocks are reaching valuations tha

In a report published Friday, Sterne Agee analyst John M. Nadel upgraded the rating on AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) from Neutral to Buy, and raised the price target from $63.00 to $65.00.In the report, Nadel noted, “We're buyers again of AFL.

By Anthony Grossi:Aflac (AFL) and its namesake duck are no stranger to dividend growth investors, but what are the driving forces of their success and how likely are those advantages to persist in the face of ceaseless market competition?The Business

April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. life insurer Aflac Inc, which counts on Japan for almost 80 percent of its business, reported a better-than-expected 13 percent rise in quarterly profit but a weaker yen took a big chunk out of its premium income.

April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. life insurer Aflac Inc, which counts on Japan for almost 80 percent of its business, reported a better-than-expected 13 percent rise in quarterly profit but a weaker yen took a big chunk out of its premium income.

April 24 (Reuters) - Life insurer Aflac Inc reported a 13 percent rise in net profit, helped by strong revenue growth in its Japanese unit.

(The following statement was released by the rating agency) CHICAGO, April 10 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A' long-term default (IDR) rating and the 'AA-' Insurance Financial Strength (IFS) ratings of Aflac Inc. and its insurance subsidiar

ByUlfberht Capital:AFLAC Inc (AFL) is a U.S. Insurance company that does most of its business in Japan. In fact, 77% of revenues are generated from AFLAC's Japanese business with the balance of revenues coming from the United States. AFLAC focuses on

AFLAC Inc. (AFL)Citi 2013 U.S. Financial Services Conference TranscriptMarch 6, 2013 8:20 AM ETExecutivesKriss Cloninger - Chief Financial OfficerAnalystsPresentationKriss CloningerOkay. Well, thank you, [Eric], and good morning to everyone. It’s a

There are Academy Awards for the best actors in movies, but where's the recognition for best brand spokescharacters? E-Poll Market Research says that while Americans can't stand Progressive's headband wearing Flo and the Aflac duck, there are 11

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics ? strong fundamentals and a valuat

By Sean Weston:The recent results of Aflac's (AFL) 4th quarter 2012 earnings report resulted in a fairly substantial fall in its stock price, as investors voiced some disapproval with the results. Among what appears to be their biggest concerns is th

By Ray Merola:Sometimes, investors get a second chance to purchase a good stock "on sale." Aflac Incorporated (AFL) has presented itself as such a candidate, recently falling nearly 7.5 percent immediately following its fourth quarter earnings announ

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/13/13, AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.35, payable on 3/1/13. As a percentage of AFL's recent stock price of $50.27, this divide

By David Zanoni:Aflac (AFL), the $23 billion supplemental health and life insurance company with the famous duck, has increased dividend payments every year for 30 years. Such a consistent track record allows the company to be branded as a dividend c

By Mike Williams:Shares of Aflac (AFL) were down 4.3% on Wednesday after the company reported Q4 2012 earnings. I believe investors are overreacting to worries about the yen (a weaker USD/JPY exchange rate negatively impacts Aflac's bottom line) and

Credit Suisse maintained Aflac (NYSE: AFL) with an Outperform rating and lowered the price target from $59.00 to $58.00.Credit Suisse commented, "AFL reported operating EPS of $1.48, a penny above our estimate and in line with consensus.

Aflac Incorporated (AFL)Q4 2012 Earnings CallFebruary 6, 2013 9:00 am ETExecutivesRobin Y. Wilkey – Senior Vice President - Investor RelationsDan Amos – Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerKriss Cloninger – President and Chief Financial Officer

Aflac (NYSE: AFL) reported an 8% rise in its fourth-quarter earnings. Aflac's quarterly profit climbed to $581 million, or $1.24 per share, from $538 million, or $1.15 per share, in the year-ago period.Its operating earnings gained to $1.48 per share

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Insurer Aflac Inc.on Tuesday said its fourth-quarter net profits rose to $581 million, or $1.24 a share, compared with $538 million, or $1.15 a share, a year earlier. Revenues for the quarter rose 6.6% to $6.38 billion,

By Dividends4Life: Linked here is a detailed quantitative analysis of AFLAC Incorporated (AFL). Below are some highlights from the above linked analysis:Company Description: Aflac Incorporated provides supplemental health and life insurance in Japan

By Doug Meeks:AFLAC (AFL) has strongly developed its business in Japan. Policy liabilities shown below have grown faster and are a much larger segment of AFLAC's insurance business than its U.S. base. In fact, AFLAC only does business in Japan and th

Shares of insurer Aflac Inc. fall 1.2% on Tuesday and are among the financial sector’s biggest losers after Sterne Agee cuts the shares to neutral from buy.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of insurer Aflac Inc.fell 1.2% on Tuesday and were among the financial sector's biggest gainers on Tuesday after Sterne Agee analysts cut the shares to neutral from buy. The only stock doing worse on Tuesday in the fi

By Mark Kowalski:A strong dividend investment portfolio seeks to find companies with strong and stable business models that are able to generate consistent revenues and profit to pay out increasing dividends. Aflac (AFL) can be part of such a portfol

Wall Street ratings agencies set the tone for today's stock market.

ByMarket Bargains:Aflac Incorporated(AFL) is a leading provider of supplemental health and life insurance, operating mainly in Japan. Every type of analysis I conducted on the company indicates a strong buying opportunity. The company is strong funda

By Ong Kang Wei:Aflac (AFL), which stands for American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, provides supplemental health and life insurance in the USA and Japan. The company offers various voluntary supplemental insurance products, including ca

ByDividend Garden:In examining AFLAC's 10-K's from the last few years, I noticed that there seems to be some hidden value in this insurance stock.AFLAC (AFL) received $20.5 billion in premiums from customers in 2011. This is the float, or money that

By Richard Shaw (QVM Group): AFLAC (AFL) came up as clear winner in an aggressive quantitative computer filtering program as of 2012-11-23. Visual inspection of operations look good too, but the price is like a bucking bronco and owning this stock co

By Ivan Kitov:Here we revisit our stock price model for Aflac Incorporated (AFL). This model was first estimated in March 2011 and has been several times re-estimated with new data. Currently, we have the closing monthly price for October 2012 and th

Duke Realty Corporation, Consolidated Edison, and Aflac are on the list.

By Dana Blankenhorn: I usually write about technology, but I like some diversity in my portfolio and some years ago I bought shares of Aflac (AFL).Aflac, formerly American Family Life Insurance Co., has been known to me since I moved to Atlanta in 19

AFLAC (AFL)Q3 2012 Earnings CallOctober 24, 20129:00 am ETExecutivesRobin Y. Wilkey - Senior Vice President of Investor & Rating Agency RelationsDaniel P. Amos - Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerKenneth S. Janke - Deputy Chief Financial Officer, E

Insurance company Aflac Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit jumped nearly 36 percent as it reaped gains on investments and benefitted from a lower effective tax rate.

NEW YORK, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Aflac Inc : * Shares down 2.7 percent in extended trade following results

At the nearly 6 million U.S. businesses that have more than one person on the payroll, a lot of employees are unhappy about their health insurance.  A study this year by insurance company Aflac found that employees of small businesses are less s

Since July 20, 2012 AFLAC's (AFL) stock has risen 16.2% to close at $50.28 on October 17, 2012. AFLAC looks to keep the momentum going when it reports third quarter earnings on Tuesday, October 23, 2012.

By Andrew Boral:There have been many positive articles written about AFLAC (AFL) in the past year. However, not much has been written about the company's positive fundamentals. The company has a strong balance sheet that has been steadily improving o

By Dividend Growth Investor:Aflac Incorporated (AFL), through its subsidiary, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, provides supplemental health and life insurance. The company is a member of the dividend aristocrats' index, has paid di

Sept 21 (Reuters) - Moody's rates Aflac sub debt at Baa1(hyb);stable outlook

Sept 20 (Reuters) - Aflac Inc on Wednesday sold $450million of subordinateddebentures, said IFR, a Thomson Reutersservice. The size of the deal was increased from the originallyplanned $250 million. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Well

Sept 19 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it assigned its'BBB' debt rating to Aflac Inc.'s $500 million issue of juniorsubordinated debentures due in 2052. Aflac will use...

By Mike Williams:While the broader equity market has performed exceptionally well since bottoming out on June 3rd (the SPY is up 16%), Aflac (AFL) has been a remarkable market outperformer, up 32% over the same period.At the time, Aflac was sold part

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, CBS Corp (NYSE: CBS) has taken over the #134 spot from AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL), according to The Online Investor.

By Dividend Monk: AFLAC Incorporated (AFL) is a supplemental insurer with a large presence in Japan, as well as the 50 US states.-Revenue Growth Rate: 7.6% -EPS Growth Rate: 7.5% -Book Value Growth Rate: 9.9% -Dividend Growth Rate: 18.3% -Current Div