secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AFLAC INC (AFL)
CIK:        0000004977
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004977-24-000006
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aflac Q4 net earnings $268M ($0.46), adj EPS $1.25 down 4.6%; declares 19% dividend hike to $0.50
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- Q4 net earnings $268M ($0.46) vs $196M ($0.31), adj earnings $732M ($1.25) vs $817M; full-year net $4.7B ($7.78).
- Board declares Q1 dividend $0.50/share (19% increase), payable Mar 1 to holders of record Feb 21.
- Q4 share repurchases $700M (8.7M shares); full year record $2.8B repurchased.
- Japan segment pretax adj profit margin 30.4% (up from 26.7%); US margin 18.4% (down from 20.9%).
- Aflac targets ¥67-73B Japan sales by 2026 and >$1.8B US sales by 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497724000006/0000004977-24-000006-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497724000006/afl-20240131.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-24-000006

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