Aflac Q4 Earnings Preview

On Wednesday, Aflac AFL will report its last quarter's earnings. Here is Benzinga's take on the company's release.

Earnings and Revenue

Wall Street expects EPS of $1.56 and sales around $5.34 billion.

In the same quarter last year, Aflac reported EPS of $1.54 on revenue of $5.95 billion. The Wall Street consensus estimate for revenue would have fallen 10.33 percent from the same quarter last year.

Here's how the company's reported EPS has compared to analyst estimates in the past:

Q4 EPS Estimate: $1.56
Q4 Revenues Estimate: $5 billion

Stock Performance

Shares of Aflac are trading around $89.55. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 27.44 percent. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders can be content going into this earnings release.

Analyst estimates are adjusted higher for EPS and revenues over the past 90 days. Analysts have been rating Aflac stock as Neutral. The strength of this rating has maintained conviction over the past three months.

Conference Call

Aflac's Q4 conference call is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. ET and can be accessed here.