Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, insurance giant Aflac
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Aflac's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Aflac facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Columbus, Ga. (1955) |
| Market Cap | $18.7 billion |
| Industry | Life and health insurance |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $23.2 billion |
| Management | Chairman/CEO Daniel Amos President/CFO Kriss Cloninger III |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 20.7% |
| Cash/Debt | $2.2 billion / $4.2 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 3.3% |
| Competitors |
AIG MetLife Prudential |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 1,954 members who have rated Aflac believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, rtcresap, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
Insurance company with a very low combined ratio, meaning that there's a whole lot of premiums coming in and very little of it going out in claims. That's why it's been increasing shareholder value at such a high clip. Did I mention how much of their business comes from Japan? ... [Y]ou almost don't even need actuaries with the type of safe bets AFLAC is making. At 1.3 times book value, it's a safe bet to outperform.
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