Aflac (AFL) Share-based Compensation (2011 - 2026)

Aflac (AFL) reported Share-based Compensation of $11.0 million for Q1 2026, up 120.0% on a YoY basis from $5.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 57.69% sequentially from $26.0 million in Q4 2025.

Aflac (AFL) Share-based Compensation (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Aflac (AFL) has 16 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $11.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Share-based Compensation rose 120.0% year-over-year to $11.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $49.0 million (up 880.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $43.0 million, up 616.67% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation retreated to $11.0 million in Q1 2026, from $26.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $31.0 million in Q4 2022 to a low of -$14.0 million in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $7.1 million and a median of $7.5 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
  • Across the five-year window, Share-based Compensation plunged 186.67% in 2022 and surged 325.0% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Tracing AFL's Share-based Compensation over 5 years: stood at $31.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 61.29% to $12.0 million in 2023, then slumped by 133.33% to -$4.0 million in 2024, then surged by 750.0% to $26.0 million in 2025, then plunged by 57.69% to $11.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows AFL's Share-based Compensation at $11.0 million in Q1 2026, $26.0 million in Q4 2025, and -$5.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Prudential 75.57 Bn 67.24 Bn - 12.36 Bn
2 Manulife Financial 73.49 Bn 73.49 Bn - -
3 Aflac 64.76 Bn 59.11 Bn 2.51 Bn 11.00 Mn
4 Metlife 62.16 Bn 46.01 Bn 256.00 Mn -
5 Unum 14.12 Bn 4.16 Bn 1.40 Bn -
6 Primerica 10.01 Bn 9.33 Bn 770.81 Mn 12.59 Mn
7 Jackson Financial 8.43 Bn 2.89 Bn - 60.00 Mn
8 Lincoln National 7.93 Bn -964.21 Mn 3.25 Bn -
9 F&G Annuities & Life 3.93 Bn 1.62 Bn 1.15 Bn 9.00 Mn
10 Genworth Financial 3.86 Bn 1.74 Bn 553.00 Mn 15.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 11.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 11.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 26.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 26.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -5.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -5.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 17.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 17.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 5.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 5.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -4.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -4.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 4.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 4.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 6.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 6.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 12.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 12.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -14.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -14.00 Mn