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Aflac dividend yield AFL

Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1984.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
2.00%
10-year median
2.1%
Against its 10-year history
16th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
1.7% to 4.1%
Peer median
3.6%

Aflac pays 2.00% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 2.1%, lower than on 84% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 1.7% in Oct 2024 to 4.1% in Mar 2020.

The median for 10 life insurers of a similar size is 3.6%.

Dividend yield over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far2.0%1.9%2.2%
20252.1%1.9%2.2%
20241.9%1.7%2.2%
20232.0%2.0%2.6%
20222.2%2.0%2.8%
20212.3%2.1%2.5%
20202.5%2.0%4.1%
20192.1%1.9%2.3%
20182.3%1.9%2.4%
20172.0%1.9%2.4%
20162.4%2.2%2.8%
20152.6%2.4%2.8%
20142.4%2.1%2.6%
20132.1%2.1%2.8%
20122.6%2.5%3.3%
20112.8%2.0%3.8%
20102.0%1.9%2.7%
20092.4%2.1%7.4%
20082.2%1.2%2.8%
20071.3%1.1%1.4%

Against its peers

Companies in Insurance - Life nearest Aflac's size, closest first, today.

Where Aflac ranks

What the dividend yield tells you

Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.

A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.