Aflac (AFL) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Aflac (AFL) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.31 for Q1 2026, down 66.12% sequentially from 0.93 in Q4 2025, and down 39.55% YoY from 0.52 in Q1 2025.

Aflac (AFL) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Aflac has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.31 in Q1 2026.

Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 39.55% year-over-year to 0.31 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.41 (down 10.54% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.47, up 16.77% from the prior year.
FCF Payout Ratio retreated to 0.31 in Q1 2026 per AFL's latest filing, from 0.93 in the prior quarter.
Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 1.07 in Q2 2024 and troughed at 0.19 in Q3 2023.
A 5-year average of 0.45 and a median of 0.33 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: FCF Payout Ratio jumped 121.7% in 2022, then slumped 39.55% in 2026.
Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.23 in 2022, then surged by 75.26% to 0.41 in 2023, then surged by 97.73% to 0.8 in 2024, then gained by 15.61% to 0.93 in 2025, then sank by 66.12% to 0.31 in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.31, 0.93, and 0.24 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	FCF Cover (Qtr)
1	Manulife Financial	70.91 Bn	51.00 Bn	-	0.00
2	Metlife	60.57 Bn	33.25 Bn	7.82 Bn	0.17
3	Aflac	58.53 Bn	-44.47 Bn	2.27 Bn	2.67
4	Prudential	36.24 Bn	27.92 Bn	-	-0.88
5	Unum	13.96 Bn	4.41 Bn	1.38 Bn	0.16
6	Primerica	9.20 Bn	8.57 Bn	717.74 Mn	0.19
7	Jackson Financial	9.15 Bn	3.17 Bn	-	0.07
8	Lincoln National	8.14 Bn	-3.54 Bn	2.62 Bn	-0.15
9	Genworth Financial	3.77 Bn	1.78 Bn	668.00 Mn	0.35
10	Brighthouse Financial	3.00 Bn	-5.06 Bn	1.03 Bn	-

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