secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AFLAC INC (AFL)
CIK:        0000004977
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004977-22-000005
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aflac Q4 net earnings $1.0B; adjusted EPS up 19.6% to $1.28; dividend raised 21.2%
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- Q4 net earnings $1.0B ($1.57 diluted EPS) vs $951M ($1.35) YoY; total revenues $5.4B, down 8.1%.
- Adjusted earnings $850M ($1.28 diluted), up 12.6% from $755M; full-year adjusted EPS $5.94 vs $4.96.
- Japan pretax adjusted earnings +17.9% (yen) to ¥100.9B; profit margin 24.7% (vs 20.9%).
- U.S. pretax adjusted earnings +39.6% to $261M; profit margin 16.1% (vs 11.6%).
- Q1 cash dividend raised 21.2% to $0.40/share; $625M share repurchases in Q4, $2.3B full year.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497722000005/0000004977-22-000005-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497722000005/afl-20220202.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-22-000005

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