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Aflac Incorporated (AFL), with a market cap of $53.7 billion, operates in the supplemental health and life insurance sector through its U.S. and Japan segments. Based in Columbus, Georgia, the company is expected to unveil its fiscal Q2 earnings results after the market closes on Wednesday, Jul. 31.
Before the upcoming earnings report, analysts predict AFL to post a profit of $1.59 per share, a slight increase from $1.58 per share in the same quarter last year. The company has surpassed Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in three of the past four quarters while missing on one other occasion. AFL reported an EPS of $1.66 in the most recent quarter, exceeding the consensus EPS estimate by a 5.1% margin.
