Aflac, Synovus, TSYS stocks do well as Dow flirts with all-time high

The stock market’s Dow Jones has flirted oh so close to an all-time high of 20,000 within the past week, reaching 19,999.63 on Jan. 6.

The S&P 500, meanwhile, has been pushing toward 2,300, which would be a milestone high for it as well. It touched 2,282 points the same day that the Dow nearly reached rarified air.

Those gains might leave Columbus-area investors wondering just how well locally headquartered companies have fared with their stocks during this impressive run, which appeared to get a second wind following the early November election of Donald J. Trump to U.S. President. The president-elect takes office Jan. 20.

Here’s the breakdown on supplemental insurer Aflac, regional bank Synovus Financial Corp., and global credit-card processor TSYS, with all of their shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange:

▪ Aflac: Experienced its 52-week low of $54.57 per share on Jan. 20, 2016, but recovered to a year’s high of $74.50 on Aug. 31, 2016. Mid-afternoon on Friday, the stock was trading around $69.50 per share. The math shows the stock up about 27 percent over the past 12 months.

▪ Synovus: The parent of Columbus Bank and Trust slipped to a 52-week low of $25.48 per share on Feb. 11, 2016. Its stock has steadily pushed higher since then, reaching a year’s high of $42.48 on Friday. It was trading in mid-afternoon Friday at about $41.80 a share. The calculator shows the bank’s stock is up nearly 67 percent since that February low.

▪ TSYS: The technology company dipped to a 52-week low of $37.47 per share on Feb. 8, 2016. It then had a bit of a roller-coaster ride, reaching a year’s high of $56.54 on July 26 before dipping again. In mid-afternoon Friday, the stock was hovering in the neighborhood of $54 per share. That would put the company’s stock up about 44 percent since its lowest ebb for the past year in February.

This story was originally published January 13, 2017 at 3:50 PM with the headline "Aflac, Synovus, TSYS stocks do well as Dow flirts with all-time high."