Aflac (AFL) dividend history and yield

Aflac pays a quarterly dividend of $0.61 per share. Its most recent payment had an ex-date of August 19, 2026 and was paid on September 1, 2026. Over the trailing twelve months, it paid $2.41 per share, a yield of about 2.16% at a share price of $111.54.

The record shows one raise a year, each time with the payment that goes ex-dividend in February and is paid in early March. The size of the raises has varied widely. The rate went from $0.33 to $0.40 in 2022, about 21%, then to $0.42 in 2023, about 5%. Larger steps followed, to $0.50 in 2024 and $0.58 in 2025, about 19% and 16%. The 2026 raise was three cents, to $0.61, about 5.2%. Since late 2021, the quarterly rate has grown about 85%. Payments by calendar year rose from $1.60 in 2022 to $2.32 in 2025. The company has increased its dividend for five consecutive years.

If the pattern holds, the next payment would go ex-dividend in mid-November 2026 and be paid around December 1. The raises in the table have come with the early-March payment that follows.