---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000004977-24-000082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AFL"
cik: "0000004977"
company_name: "AFLAC INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T03:24:50.009658+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aflac Q1 net earnings $1.9B ($3.25/sh); adjusted EPS up 7.1%; dividend $0.50

## Summary
- Net earnings $1.9B ($3.25/sh) vs $1.2B ($1.94) YoY; adjusted $961M ($1.66/sh), up 7.1% per share.
- Total revenues $5.4B (+13.3% YoY); net investment gains $951M vs $123M.
- Japan pretax adj earnings +15.6% in yen, +2.8% in dollars (yen -11%); pretax margin 32.8% vs 28.2%.
- U.S. net earned premiums +3.3%, sales -5.2%; pretax adj earnings +1.1%, margin 21.0%.
- Dividend raised to $0.50/sh (19% increase) payable June 3; $750M buyback in Q1, 68.5M shares remaining.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000004977-24-000082
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AFL
- cik: 0000004977
- company_name: AFLAC INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497724000082/0000004977-24-000082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497724000082/afl-20240501.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-24-000082
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-24-000082.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AFLAC INC reported first quarter results: revenue $5.4 billion, net income $1.9 billion, or $3.25 per diluted share.
  - Period: first quarter
  - Revenue: $5.4 billion
  - Net income: $1.9 billion, or $3.25 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) today reported its first quarter results. Total revenues were $5.4 billion in the first quarter of 2024, compared with $4.8 billion in the first quarter of 2023, reflecting net investment gains. Net earnings were $1.9 billion, or $3.25 per diluted share, compared with $1.2 billion, or $1.94 per diluted share a year ago.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497724000082/0000004977-24-000082-index.htm

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