Aflac Incorporated (AFL) 61.03 $AFL
HCI Group Q4 Earnings Hit by High Expenses, Revenues Fall
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Mar 04, 9:50AM CST
HCI Group Inc. (HCI) reported operating earnings per share of $1.05 for the fourth quarter of 2015. The bottom line missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.19 by nearly 12% and declined 19% year over year.
RLI: 64.59 (+0.41), HCI: 30.76 (-2.96), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), TRV: 110.40 (+0.60)
S&P Aristocrats: AbbVie On Top Of An Overbought Index After February
Fredrik Arnold - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 04, 8:37AM CST
KO: 44.11 (+0.15), ABT: 39.18 (+0.36), HCP: 31.50 (+0.12), CLX: 125.61 (+0.02), NUE: 42.96 (+0.21), ED: 71.39 (+0.76), EMR: 51.26 (+0.47), XOM: 82.29 (-0.11), PEP: 100.00 (+0.84), T: 37.93 (-0.06), CINF: 64.52 (+0.02), ADM: 37.65 (+0.82), MCD: 117.18 (+0.49), ABBV: 56.15 (+0.22), DOV: 63.20 (+0.75), PG: 83.49 (+0.65), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), APD: 134.79 (-0.09)
Aflac Appears on Fortune's List of 100 Best Companies to Work For
PR Newswire - Thu Mar 03, 1:00PM CST
Aflac, the leader of voluntary insurance sales at the work site in the United States, announced today it has been named one of FORTUNE magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For. This is the 18th consecutive year Aflac has appeared on this prestigious list, continuing the Georgia-based company's record of the longest number of consecutive years appearing on the list in the insurance industry. Aflac finished at No. 50 on the 2016 list.
AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
Is My Dividend Growth Experiment Working?
Chumpmenudo - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 03, 10:57AM CST
KMI: 18.52 (-0.38), MDT: 75.61 (+0.69), DLR: 81.89 (-0.38), XOM: 82.29 (-0.11), TM: 109.55 (+0.98), O: 58.16 (-0.86), STAG: 18.85 (+0.04), JNJ: 106.50 (-0.15), T: 37.93 (-0.06), ANTM: 132.35 (-0.62), JPM: 60.05 (+0.09), IBM: 137.80 (unch), BBL: 24.51 (+1.54), AAPL: 103.01 (+1.51), CSCO: 26.80 (-0.07), KO: 44.11 (+0.15), AMGN: 145.98 (+0.14), WFC: 50.11 (+0.34), MO: 62.98 (+0.75), SO: 48.63 (+0.44), TUP: 55.13 (+1.18), PM: 94.49 (+1.23), ADM: 37.65 (+0.82), OHI: 33.29 (+0.12), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
Dividend Champions: 2016 Value Selection Model Performance
Scott Shander - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 03, 8:02AM CST
VTI: 102.07 (+0.35), T: 37.93 (-0.06), HCP: 31.50 (+0.12), NOBL: 50.66 (+0.24), ADM: 37.65 (+0.82), CTBI: 34.56 (-0.05), HP: 61.96 (+2.98), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), ORI: 18.20 (+0.11), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), UVV: 55.49 (+0.24), THFF: 34.07 (-0.33), TDS: 27.57 (+0.04)
Dividend Growth Portfolio: February Update
The Dividend Bro - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 03, 7:57AM CST
MMM: 160.07 (+0.69), GE: 30.46 (+0.24), XOM: 82.29 (-0.11), O: 58.16 (-0.86), VTR: 56.75 (+0.04), LUV: 41.50 (-0.53), PEP: 100.00 (+0.84), SBUX: 58.70 (-0.34), T: 37.93 (-0.06), JNJ: 106.50 (-0.15), V: 73.90 (-0.01), JPM: 60.05 (+0.09), TGT: 81.13 (+1.42), ABBV: 56.15 (+0.22), MSFT: 52.03 (-0.32), AAPL: 103.01 (+1.51), CSCO: 26.80 (-0.07), MA: 90.05 (+0.31), KO: 44.11 (+0.15), COP: 41.12 (+2.56), MO: 62.98 (+0.75), BA: 121.07 (+1.46), PM: 94.49 (+1.23), GILD: 87.21 (-0.62), CVS: 99.28 (-0.10), PE: 19.50 (+0.97), PG: 83.49 (+0.65), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), VZ: 51.81 (-0.08), GIS: 60.20 (+0.41), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
Aflac Incorporated to Present at the Raymond James 37th Annual Institutional Investors Conference
PR Newswire - Wed Mar 02, 3:26PM CST
Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) announced today that it will present at the Raymond James 37th Annual Institutional Investors Conference. Aflac Incorporated Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Frederick J. Crawford will represent the company with a presentation on March 9, 2016, at 8:40 a.m. EST. The Aflac Incorporated presentation will cover the company's outlook for 2016 and its strategy for growth in the U.S. and Japanese insurance markets.
AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
Tracking Ole Andreas Halvorsen's Viking Global Portfolio - Q4 2015 Update
John Vincent - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 21, 6:17AM CST
SIRO: 109.97 (-0.13), MON: 85.89 (+0.95), EVHC: 23.25 (-0.30), PRU: 71.47 (-0.40), NKE: 61.26 (-0.21), KSU: 86.65 (+0.23), AMP: 90.46 (+0.92), LM: 32.42 (+0.57), RRC: 32.32 (+1.59), AET: 108.06 (-1.58), GOOG: 710.89 (-1.53), GPOR: 25.60 (+0.33), HOT: 70.55 (+0.48), HLT: 21.89 (+0.30), LYB: 82.00 (+2.10), COG: 21.47 (-0.70), WCG: 93.24 (-0.36), MA: 90.05 (+0.31), MNK: 62.15 (-1.44), WUBA: 55.70 (+1.45), WLL: 7.09 (+0.78), VRTX: 88.36 (-1.09), MCK: 162.77 (+0.07), ETN: 57.95 (+0.12), SEE: 45.68 (-0.84), AKRX: 25.08 (-0.80), PFE: 29.71 (-0.18), HAL: 34.88 (+0.71), LNG: 38.04 (+0.99), ETE: 8.33 (+0.43), TXT: 33.00 (-0.64), ALL: 65.38 (+0.07), PCLN: 1,297.71 (-5.33), QUNR: 36.95 (+0.73), WBA: 79.45 (-0.47), PXD: 128.80 (+0.53), MCD: 117.18 (+0.49), TEVA: 55.62 (+0.02), DOV: 63.20 (+0.75), AIG: 52.30 (+0.03), XRAY: 60.16 (-0.46), FDC: 13.59 (+0.80), CCI: 87.25 (-0.64), BIIB: 263.94 (-4.70), VRX: 61.31 (-3.58), CPN: 14.14 (+0.26), C: 42.83 (unch), ILMN: 156.14 (-1.31), CB: 117.18 (-0.66), MMC: 58.01 (+0.26), HUM: 183.25 (+0.03), AGN: 288.67 (-0.95), ANTM: 132.35 (-0.62), ECA: 5.47 (+0.54), PRQR: 4.54 (+0.14), EBAY: 24.41 (+0.47), SHPG: 160.39 (+0.20), CMG: 529.00 (+4.71), GOOGL: 730.22 (-1.37), CTRP: 40.02 (+0.78), SWN: 7.83 (+0.49), BK: 38.09 (+0.40), APD: 134.79 (-0.09), BHI: 46.20 (-0.35), APC: 45.26 (+2.28), AMZN: 575.14 (-2.35), ENDP: 42.44 (-0.73), MAR: 68.98 (+0.30), NFLX: 101.58 (+3.65), DVA: 70.51 (+0.43), KITE: 54.44 (+2.70), MHK: 186.82 (-0.07), TDG: 222.68 (+3.05), LH: 112.17 (+0.25), CP: 125.26 (+3.28), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), AVGO: 146.06 (+8.73), BABA: 72.22 (+1.20)
Aflac Named a FORTUNE World's Most Admired Company for 15th Time
PR Newswire - Fri Feb 19, 3:15PM CST
Aflac, the leader of voluntary insurance sales at the work site in the United States, announced today its recognition by FORTUNE magazine as a World's Most Admired Company, ranking the company No. 1 in innovation for the insurance, life and health category. This marks Aflac's 15th appearance on this prestigious list and the second consecutive year that the company has led its category for innovation.
AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
Insurance ETFs Benefiting from Decent Q4 Earnings
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Tue Feb 16, 3:45AM CST
Given decent Q4 earnings, insurance ETFs have fared well, losing less than the other corners of the financial space from a one-month look.
KBE: 30.95 (+0.38), IAK: 48.67 (+0.10), PRU: 71.47 (-0.40), MET: 42.33 (-0.06), CB: 117.18 (-0.66), AIG: 52.30 (+0.03), KIE: 67.56 (+0.12), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), ALL: 65.38 (+0.07), TRV: 110.40 (+0.60), KBWI: 65.74 (+1.59)
The Aflac Duck Rocks the Red Carpet at 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards®
PR Newswire - Tue Feb 09, 10:40AM CST
Aflac, the leading provider of voluntary insurance at the work site in the United States and official partner of the 58th GRAMMY Awards®, today announced the launch of its "Rock the Red Carpet" campaign. The integrated initiative celebrates the company's second year supporting Music's Biggest Night®.
P: 10.85 (-0.03), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
Aflac Incorporated to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2016 Insurance Conference
PR Newswire - Thu Feb 04, 3:20PM CST
Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) announced today that it will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2016 Insurance Conference. Aflac Incorporated President Kriss Cloninger III will represent the company with a presentation on February 11, 2016, at 8:00 a.m. EST. The Aflac Incorporated presentation will cover the company's outlook for 2016 and its strategy for growth in the U.S. and Japanese insurance markets.
AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
Everest Re Posts Record Earnings in Q4 on Higher Revenues
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Feb 04, 12:30PM CST
Everest Re Group Ltd. (RE) reported fourth-quarter 2015 operating earnings of a record $8.17 per share that beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 50.5%. Earnings also improved 12% year over year.
RLI: 64.59 (+0.41), RE: 193.60 (+1.62), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), TRV: 110.40 (+0.60)
Torchmark Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, Up Y/Y; Guides Up
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Feb 04, 10:00AM CST
Torchmark Corporation (TMK) reported fourth-quarter 2015 net operating income of $1.05 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny.
TMK: 53.44 (+0.15), RLI: 64.59 (+0.41), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), TRV: 110.40 (+0.60)
MetLife Misses on Q4 Earnings Due to Segmental Weakness
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Feb 04, 9:30AM CST
MetLife, Inc. (MET) posted fourth-quarter earnings of $1.23 per share, missing our Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.36. Earnings also plunged 11% year over year.
TMK: 53.44 (+0.15), MET: 42.33 (-0.06), LNC: 39.53 (-0.27), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
HCI Group Q4 Earnings Hit by High Expenses, Revenues Fall
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Mar 04, 9:50AM CST
HCI Group Inc. (HCI) reported operating earnings per share of $1.05 for the fourth quarter of 2015. The bottom line missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.19 by nearly 12% and declined 19% year over year.
RLI: 64.59 (+0.41), HCI: 30.76 (-2.96), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), TRV: 110.40 (+0.60)
S&P Aristocrats: AbbVie On Top Of An Overbought Index After February
Fredrik Arnold - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 04, 8:37AM CST
KO: 44.11 (+0.15), ABT: 39.18 (+0.36), HCP: 31.50 (+0.12), CLX: 125.61 (+0.02), NUE: 42.96 (+0.21), ED: 71.39 (+0.76), EMR: 51.26 (+0.47), XOM: 82.29 (-0.11), PEP: 100.00 (+0.84), T: 37.93 (-0.06), CINF: 64.52 (+0.02), ADM: 37.65 (+0.82), MCD: 117.18 (+0.49), ABBV: 56.15 (+0.22), DOV: 63.20 (+0.75), PG: 83.49 (+0.65), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), APD: 134.79 (-0.09)
Aflac Appears on Fortune's List of 100 Best Companies to Work For
PR Newswire - Thu Mar 03, 1:00PM CST
Aflac, the leader of voluntary insurance sales at the work site in the United States, announced today it has been named one of FORTUNE magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For. This is the 18th consecutive year Aflac has appeared on this prestigious list, continuing the Georgia-based company's record of the longest number of consecutive years appearing on the list in the insurance industry. Aflac finished at No. 50 on the 2016 list.
AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
Is My Dividend Growth Experiment Working?
Chumpmenudo - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 03, 10:57AM CST
KMI: 18.52 (-0.38), MDT: 75.61 (+0.69), DLR: 81.89 (-0.38), XOM: 82.29 (-0.11), TM: 109.55 (+0.98), O: 58.16 (-0.86), STAG: 18.85 (+0.04), JNJ: 106.50 (-0.15), T: 37.93 (-0.06), ANTM: 132.35 (-0.62), JPM: 60.05 (+0.09), IBM: 137.80 (unch), BBL: 24.51 (+1.54), AAPL: 103.01 (+1.51), CSCO: 26.80 (-0.07), KO: 44.11 (+0.15), AMGN: 145.98 (+0.14), WFC: 50.11 (+0.34), MO: 62.98 (+0.75), SO: 48.63 (+0.44), TUP: 55.13 (+1.18), PM: 94.49 (+1.23), ADM: 37.65 (+0.82), OHI: 33.29 (+0.12), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
Dividend Champions: 2016 Value Selection Model Performance
Scott Shander - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 03, 8:02AM CST
VTI: 102.07 (+0.35), T: 37.93 (-0.06), HCP: 31.50 (+0.12), NOBL: 50.66 (+0.24), ADM: 37.65 (+0.82), CTBI: 34.56 (-0.05), HP: 61.96 (+2.98), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), ORI: 18.20 (+0.11), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), UVV: 55.49 (+0.24), THFF: 34.07 (-0.33), TDS: 27.57 (+0.04)
Dividend Growth Portfolio: February Update
The Dividend Bro - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 03, 7:57AM CST
MMM: 160.07 (+0.69), GE: 30.46 (+0.24), XOM: 82.29 (-0.11), O: 58.16 (-0.86), VTR: 56.75 (+0.04), LUV: 41.50 (-0.53), PEP: 100.00 (+0.84), SBUX: 58.70 (-0.34), T: 37.93 (-0.06), JNJ: 106.50 (-0.15), V: 73.90 (-0.01), JPM: 60.05 (+0.09), TGT: 81.13 (+1.42), ABBV: 56.15 (+0.22), MSFT: 52.03 (-0.32), AAPL: 103.01 (+1.51), CSCO: 26.80 (-0.07), MA: 90.05 (+0.31), KO: 44.11 (+0.15), COP: 41.12 (+2.56), MO: 62.98 (+0.75), BA: 121.07 (+1.46), PM: 94.49 (+1.23), GILD: 87.21 (-0.62), CVS: 99.28 (-0.10), PE: 19.50 (+0.97), PG: 83.49 (+0.65), CVX: 87.93 (+0.40), VZ: 51.81 (-0.08), GIS: 60.20 (+0.41), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
Aflac Incorporated to Present at the Raymond James 37th Annual Institutional Investors Conference
PR Newswire - Wed Mar 02, 3:26PM CST
Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) announced today that it will present at the Raymond James 37th Annual Institutional Investors Conference. Aflac Incorporated Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Frederick J. Crawford will represent the company with a presentation on March 9, 2016, at 8:40 a.m. EST. The Aflac Incorporated presentation will cover the company's outlook for 2016 and its strategy for growth in the U.S. and Japanese insurance markets.
AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
Tracking Ole Andreas Halvorsen's Viking Global Portfolio - Q4 2015 Update
John Vincent - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 21, 6:17AM CST
SIRO: 109.97 (-0.13), MON: 85.89 (+0.95), EVHC: 23.25 (-0.30), PRU: 71.47 (-0.40), NKE: 61.26 (-0.21), KSU: 86.65 (+0.23), AMP: 90.46 (+0.92), LM: 32.42 (+0.57), RRC: 32.32 (+1.59), AET: 108.06 (-1.58), GOOG: 710.89 (-1.53), GPOR: 25.60 (+0.33), HOT: 70.55 (+0.48), HLT: 21.89 (+0.30), LYB: 82.00 (+2.10), COG: 21.47 (-0.70), WCG: 93.24 (-0.36), MA: 90.05 (+0.31), MNK: 62.15 (-1.44), WUBA: 55.70 (+1.45), WLL: 7.09 (+0.78), VRTX: 88.36 (-1.09), MCK: 162.77 (+0.07), ETN: 57.95 (+0.12), SEE: 45.68 (-0.84), AKRX: 25.08 (-0.80), PFE: 29.71 (-0.18), HAL: 34.88 (+0.71), LNG: 38.04 (+0.99), ETE: 8.33 (+0.43), TXT: 33.00 (-0.64), ALL: 65.38 (+0.07), PCLN: 1,297.71 (-5.33), QUNR: 36.95 (+0.73), WBA: 79.45 (-0.47), PXD: 128.80 (+0.53), MCD: 117.18 (+0.49), TEVA: 55.62 (+0.02), DOV: 63.20 (+0.75), AIG: 52.30 (+0.03), XRAY: 60.16 (-0.46), FDC: 13.59 (+0.80), CCI: 87.25 (-0.64), BIIB: 263.94 (-4.70), VRX: 61.31 (-3.58), CPN: 14.14 (+0.26), C: 42.83 (unch), ILMN: 156.14 (-1.31), CB: 117.18 (-0.66), MMC: 58.01 (+0.26), HUM: 183.25 (+0.03), AGN: 288.67 (-0.95), ANTM: 132.35 (-0.62), ECA: 5.47 (+0.54), PRQR: 4.54 (+0.14), EBAY: 24.41 (+0.47), SHPG: 160.39 (+0.20), CMG: 529.00 (+4.71), GOOGL: 730.22 (-1.37), CTRP: 40.02 (+0.78), SWN: 7.83 (+0.49), BK: 38.09 (+0.40), APD: 134.79 (-0.09), BHI: 46.20 (-0.35), APC: 45.26 (+2.28), AMZN: 575.14 (-2.35), ENDP: 42.44 (-0.73), MAR: 68.98 (+0.30), NFLX: 101.58 (+3.65), DVA: 70.51 (+0.43), KITE: 54.44 (+2.70), MHK: 186.82 (-0.07), TDG: 222.68 (+3.05), LH: 112.17 (+0.25), CP: 125.26 (+3.28), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), AVGO: 146.06 (+8.73), BABA: 72.22 (+1.20)
Aflac Named a FORTUNE World's Most Admired Company for 15th Time
PR Newswire - Fri Feb 19, 3:15PM CST
Aflac, the leader of voluntary insurance sales at the work site in the United States, announced today its recognition by FORTUNE magazine as a World's Most Admired Company, ranking the company No. 1 in innovation for the insurance, life and health category. This marks Aflac's 15th appearance on this prestigious list and the second consecutive year that the company has led its category for innovation.
AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
Insurance ETFs Benefiting from Decent Q4 Earnings
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Tue Feb 16, 3:45AM CST
Given decent Q4 earnings, insurance ETFs have fared well, losing less than the other corners of the financial space from a one-month look.
KBE: 30.95 (+0.38), IAK: 48.67 (+0.10), PRU: 71.47 (-0.40), MET: 42.33 (-0.06), CB: 117.18 (-0.66), AIG: 52.30 (+0.03), KIE: 67.56 (+0.12), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), ALL: 65.38 (+0.07), TRV: 110.40 (+0.60), KBWI: 65.74 (+1.59)
The Aflac Duck Rocks the Red Carpet at 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards®
PR Newswire - Tue Feb 09, 10:40AM CST
Aflac, the leading provider of voluntary insurance at the work site in the United States and official partner of the 58th GRAMMY Awards®, today announced the launch of its "Rock the Red Carpet" campaign. The integrated initiative celebrates the company's second year supporting Music's Biggest Night®.
P: 10.85 (-0.03), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
Aflac Incorporated to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2016 Insurance Conference
PR Newswire - Thu Feb 04, 3:20PM CST
Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) announced today that it will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2016 Insurance Conference. Aflac Incorporated President Kriss Cloninger III will represent the company with a presentation on February 11, 2016, at 8:00 a.m. EST. The Aflac Incorporated presentation will cover the company's outlook for 2016 and its strategy for growth in the U.S. and Japanese insurance markets.
AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
Everest Re Posts Record Earnings in Q4 on Higher Revenues
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Feb 04, 12:30PM CST
Everest Re Group Ltd. (RE) reported fourth-quarter 2015 operating earnings of a record $8.17 per share that beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 50.5%. Earnings also improved 12% year over year.
RLI: 64.59 (+0.41), RE: 193.60 (+1.62), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), TRV: 110.40 (+0.60)
Torchmark Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, Up Y/Y; Guides Up
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Feb 04, 10:00AM CST
Torchmark Corporation (TMK) reported fourth-quarter 2015 net operating income of $1.05 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny.
TMK: 53.44 (+0.15), RLI: 64.59 (+0.41), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), TRV: 110.40 (+0.60)
MetLife Misses on Q4 Earnings Due to Segmental Weakness
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Feb 04, 9:30AM CST
MetLife, Inc. (MET) posted fourth-quarter earnings of $1.23 per share, missing our Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.36. Earnings also plunged 11% year over year.
TMK: 53.44 (+0.15), MET: 42.33 (-0.06), LNC: 39.53 (-0.27), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05)
