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Aflac shares outstanding AFL

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2008.

Latest quarter, to Jun 30, 2026
505.6M
On a year earlier
−6.1%
fewer shares

Aflac had 505.6M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q2 FY26, the quarter to Jun 30, 2026.

That is 6.1% fewer than a year earlier, so each share owns a little more of the company.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY2025522.5M−6%
FY2024555.5M−5%
FY2023584.9M−6%
FY2022623M−6%
FY2021662.5M−6%
FY2020703.9M−5%
FY2019737.5M−4%
FY2018765.1M−3%
FY2017790.1M−4%
FY2016818.8M−4%
FY2015855.1M−5%
FY2014898.1M−4%
FY2013931M−1%
FY2012940.6M+1%
FY2011935.5M−1%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q2 FY26505.6M−6%
Q1 FY26514.8M−6%
Q4 FY25522.5M−6%
Q3 FY25532M−5%
Q2 FY25538.4M−5%
Q1 FY25546.9M−5%
Q4 FY24555.5M−5%
Q3 FY24560.4M−6%
Q2 FY24566.8M−6%
Q1 FY24577.5M−6%
Q4 FY23584.9M−6%
Q3 FY23593.6M−6%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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