Aflac Incorporated Correlations

AFL Stock  USD 108.24  0.46  0.42%   
The current 90-days correlation between Aflac Incorporated and Prudential Financial is 0.68 (i.e., Poor diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Aflac Incorporated moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Aflac Incorporated moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

Aflac Incorporated Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Aflac Incorporated and DJI is 0.52 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Aflac Incorporated and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Aflac Stock

  0.76GL Globe LifePairCorr
  0.65CNO CNO Financial GroupPairCorr
  0.67PUK Prudential PLC ADRPairCorr
  0.87UNM Unum GroupPairCorr
  0.68ANG-PB American NationalPairCorr
  0.77L Loews CorpPairCorr
  0.75AB AllianceBernsteinPairCorr

Moving against Aflac Stock

  0.42BHFAN Brighthouse FinancialPairCorr
  0.36BHFAO Brighthouse FinancialPairCorr
  0.33BHFAP Brighthouse FinancialPairCorr
  0.33DHIL Diamond Hill InvestmentPairCorr
  0.31BHFAM Brighthouse FinancialPairCorr
  0.61LC LendingClub CorpPairCorr
  0.57CM Canadian Imperial BankPairCorr
  0.51AX Axos FinancialPairCorr
  0.41BX Blackstone GroupPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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CNOBHF
BHFLNC
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High negative correlations   
PUKPRU
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Aflac Stock performing well and Aflac Incorporated Company doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Aflac Incorporated's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
PRU  1.11 (0.04) 0.00 (0.11) 0.00 
 2.08 
 7.14 
LNC  1.60  0.26  0.10  0.12  2.11 
 3.61 
 11.30 
BHF  1.91  0.39  0.14  0.21  2.24 
 5.67 
 21.05 
UNM  1.08  0.21  0.17  0.19  1.23 
 2.33 
 10.02 
MET  1.13  0.08  0.04  0.00  1.66 
 2.18 
 7.37 
MFC  1.23  0.07  0.03  0.00  1.83 
 2.88 
 11.54 
PRI  0.97  0.08  0.07  0.03  1.32 
 2.00 
 7.02 
CNO  1.14  0.19  0.11  0.11  1.55 
 2.63 
 6.76 
PUK  1.51  0.42  0.25  0.44  1.48 
 3.50 
 9.18 
FG  2.21 (0.21) 0.00 (0.19) 0.00 
 3.75 
 20.86