Aflac (AFL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Aflac (AFL) reported Tax Rate of 16.82% for Q1 2026, down 6318.0% on a YoY basis from 0.27% in Q1 2025, and up 36.97% sequentially from 12.28% in Q4 2025.

Aflac (AFL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Aflac (AFL) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 16.82% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 6318.0% year-over-year to 16.82%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 17.41% (down 77.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 19.57%, up 439.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate climbed to 16.82% in Q1 2026, from 12.28% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 201.09% in Q3 2024 to a low of 34.01% in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 29.52% and a median of 13.41% in 2024 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate soared 18801 bps in 2024 and sank 18328 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Tracing AFL's Tax Rate over 5 years: stood at 63.57% in 2022, then slumped by 89 bps to 7.27% in 2023, then surged by 50 bps to 10.91% in 2024, then gained by 12 bps to 12.28% in 2025, then soared by 37 bps to 16.82% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows AFL's Tax Rate at 16.82% in Q1 2026, 12.28% in Q4 2025, and 17.8% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Prudential 75.05 Bn 67.97 Bn - 41.35%
2 Aflac 63.80 Bn 58.14 Bn 2.51 Bn 16.82%
3 Metlife 60.34 Bn 44.39 Bn 256.00 Mn 22.89%
4 Manulife Financial 52.65 Bn 53.78 Bn - -
5 Unum 14.19 Bn 4.23 Bn 1.40 Bn 12.49%
6 Primerica 9.76 Bn 9.08 Bn 770.81 Mn 23.78%
7 Jackson Financial 8.17 Bn 3.03 Bn - -5.00%
8 Lincoln National 7.81 Bn -1.09 Bn 3.25 Bn 30.08%
9 F&G Annuities & Life 3.87 Bn 1.67 Bn 1.15 Bn -2.61%
10 Genworth Financial 3.84 Bn 2.75 Bn 553.00 Mn 27.93%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 16.82%
Mar 31, 2026 16.82%
Mar 31, 2026 16.82%
Dec 31, 2025 12.28%
Dec 31, 2025 12.28%
Dec 31, 2025 12.28%
Sep 30, 2025 17.80%
Sep 30, 2025 17.80%
Sep 30, 2025 17.80%
Jun 30, 2025 27.13%
Jun 30, 2025 27.13%
Jun 30, 2025 27.13%
Mar 31, 2025 80.00%
Mar 31, 2025 80.00%
Mar 31, 2025 80.00%
Dec 31, 2024 10.91%
Dec 31, 2024 10.91%
Dec 31, 2024 10.91%
Sep 30, 2024 201.09%
Sep 30, 2024 201.09%