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

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

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

Aflac (AFL) has 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.31 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 39.55% year-over-year to 0.31; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.41 (down 10.54% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.47, up 16.77% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio retreated to 0.31 in Q1 2026, from 0.93 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.07 in Q2 2024 to a low of 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.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio surged 121.7% in 2022 and plunged 39.55% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Tracing AFL's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: 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 grew by 15.61% to 0.93 in 2025, then slumped by 66.12% to 0.31 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows AFL's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.31 in Q1 2026, 0.93 in Q4 2025, and 0.24 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Prudential 75.05 Bn 67.97 Bn - -0.88
2 Aflac 63.80 Bn 58.14 Bn 2.51 Bn 0.31
3 Metlife 60.34 Bn 44.39 Bn 256.00 Mn 0.14
4 Manulife Financial 52.65 Bn 53.78 Bn - -
5 Unum 14.19 Bn 4.23 Bn 1.40 Bn 0.26
6 Primerica 9.76 Bn 9.08 Bn 770.81 Mn 0.24
7 Jackson Financial 8.17 Bn 3.03 Bn - 0.20
8 Lincoln National 7.81 Bn -1.09 Bn 3.25 Bn 0.62
9 F&G Annuities & Life 3.87 Bn 1.67 Bn 1.15 Bn 0.05
10 Genworth Financial 3.84 Bn 2.75 Bn 553.00 Mn 0.20

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.31
Dec 31, 2025 0.93
Sep 30, 2025 0.24
Jun 30, 2025 0.75
Mar 31, 2025 0.52
Dec 31, 2024 0.80
Sep 30, 2024 0.21
Jun 30, 2024 1.07
Mar 31, 2024 0.33
Dec 31, 2023 0.41
Sep 30, 2023 0.19
Jun 30, 2023 0.55
Mar 31, 2023 0.28
Dec 31, 2022 0.23
Sep 30, 2022 0.22
Jun 30, 2022 0.49
Mar 31, 2022 0.20
Dec 31, 2021 0.24
Sep 30, 2021 0.12
Jun 30, 2021 0.22