Aflac Incorporated (AFL)☆

Aflac is a leading provider of supplemental health and life insurance. It is a member of the S&P 500 and is classified in the Financials sector — banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy.

Aflac Incorporated trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AFL. As of the most recent market data, the stock was priced around $124.72, up 1.38% on the session.

Over the past 52 weeks, AFL has traded between $96.95 and $125.93. Shares are valued at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 14.3, a common gauge of how richly the market prices the company's earnings. Aflac Incorporated also pays a dividend, currently yielding around 1.98%.

As one of the larger companies in the Financials sector, Aflac Incorporated is closely followed by investors and often moves with broader trends across banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy. Traders watch AFL for earnings reports, analyst rating changes, and headlines that can shift sentiment — each of which is summarized on this page as it breaks.