AFL Stock Outstanding Shares
Making an investment decision in the stock market involves a certain amount of risk, so it's important to thoroughly review a company's stock before making any decisions. Stock float, number of short positions and outstanding shares are among the many factors an investor should take into account.
Market Insider AFL
Investors cannot turn a blind eye to insiders as well as institutional ownership. They need to follow insider trades to determine the direction the stock is likely to take.
Institutional Ownership
About 60.6% of AFL shares are held by financial institutions. AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC is the top corporate investor, holding 1.85M shares valued at $158.41M. A 0.32% stake in Aflac Incorporated is owned by the company. ROBECO INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT B.V. owns 1.97M shares valued at $169.12M, which translates its holding of 0.34% of the stake in the company.
AFL Insiders
Among the AFL insiders holding of 10.14% of the stake in company, , , holds the largest shares of -. , , is the second largest AFL insider with ownership of - shares. , , stands third with possession of - shares of that stake.
Buying/Selling by Insiders
Insider Transaction Summary (6 Months)
Frequently Asked Questions
A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own AFL shares is 1960, representing 60.6% of the company's common stock.
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in AFL by -6.18% restricting it's holding to 1.85 million shares of worth nearly $158.41M. ROBECO INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT B.V. also lessened -23.01% of the AFL shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.97 million shares of worth $169.12M. GUINNESS ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD also shunned AFL shares holding by -1.16% last quarter which brought its holding to 2.21 million shares worth $189.90M.
As per its latest 13F filing, APG ASSET MANAGEMENT N.V. increased its stake in AFL by 3.97% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 2.4 million shares having worth more than $190.61M. CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC also added 0.75% more shares of AFL to its portfolio, raising its holding to 3.21 million shares of worth $276.02M. BANK JULIUS BAER & CO. LTD, ZURICH also increased its AFL shares holding by 265.15% which brought its holding to 951.43 thousand shares worth $81.60M.
The insider with the most stakes in AFL is N/A , N/A at the company. Additionally, AFL stock is highly held by N/A N/A and N/A N/A among others.
Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 10.14% percent of Aflac Incorporated's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 4 transaction(s) in which AFL insiders have sold stock, totaling 24.69K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include TILLMAN AUDREY B, MOSKOWITZ JOSEPH L, and KENNY THOMAS J.
There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Aflac Incorporated insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares
Around 294.11K Aflac Incorporated shares are held by insiders, which represents about 10.14% of AFL stock.
AFL N/A, N/A holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. AFL shares owned by N/A total nearly -.
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC is the largest institutional owner in AFL which holds 1.85 million shares worth $158.41M or 0.32% of the total AFL shares outstanding followed by ROBECO INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT B.V. with ownership of 1.97 million shares representing 0.34% of the AFL ownership. GUINNESS ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD is the third largest stakeholder with 2.21 million shares or 0.38% of the ownership worth more than $189.90M.
Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the AFL is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.
Number of AFL shares short is 7.26M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.
As of today, 555.53M shares of AFL are outstanding.
Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, AFL has 550.51M shares in float.
Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for AFL is 3.35.