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Summary<\/h2>\n

On the heels of my recent ratings of MetLife (MET) and Prudential Financial (PRU), to round it off this month I am rating Aflac<\/strong> (NYSE:AFL<\/span>), another stock in the larger financial sector, insurance subsector.<\/p>\n

Today, Aflac gets a <\/span>Hold \/Neutral rating<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Its positives are having a healthy capital & liquidity position, revenue diversification, and benefiting from the macro environment of higher interest rates. Its negatives are it being modestly overvalued and overbought in terms of its current price.<\/p>\n

Company Brief<\/h2>\n

Known for having a mascot of a cute duck, which some of us have got to know from watching all those Aflac TV commercials in the US with the talking duck, today we are deep diving into a somewhat less humorous topic, insurance!<\/p>\n

Aflac, which is headquartered in Columbus Georgia and traces its roots to 1955, insures more than 50MM people worldwide, according to its <\/span>Wikipedia<\/em> page.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their solutions span across several types of insurance including cancer insurance, short term disability, and life, among others.<\/p>\n

For those that don’t know, the essential business model of an insurance company is taking in a lot more via insurance premiums from policyholders than have to be paid out in claims, and in the meantime “investing” the extra pile of cash into an asset portfolio that generates income from interest and dividends. It is one of the easiest business concepts to understand, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

Rating Methodology<\/h2>\n

My approach to analysis is to find stocks trading cheaply but who otherwise have strong financial fundamentals.<\/p>\n

To simplify things down to a straightforward methodology to rate a stock, for this one I will pose the following questions, and each yes answer is worth 20 points. A total score below 60 is a sell<\/em>, a 60 is a hold<\/em>, and above 60 is a buy<\/em>.<\/p>\n