secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AFLAC INC (AFL)
CIK:        0000004977
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004977-23-000172
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aflac Q3 adj. EPS $1.84 (+27.8%); dividend raised 19% to $0.50 for Q1 2024
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- Net earnings $1.569B ($2.64/diluted) vs $1.781B ($2.82) YoY; rev $4.95B (+5.2%).
- Adjusted earnings $1.1B (+20.3%); adjusted EPS $1.84 vs $1.44, driven by Japan margin expansion and U.S. earnings growth.
- Japan pretax adjusted profit margin 32.8% (vs 29.3% YoY); sales +12.4% in yen.
- U.S. pretax adjusted earnings +38.6% to $478M; sales +7.5% to $359M.
- Board declares Q4 $0.42 dividend; raises Q1 2024 dividend 19% to $0.50; repurchased $700M in shares.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497723000172/0000004977-23-000172-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497723000172/afl-20231101.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-23-000172

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