secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AFLAC INC (AFL)
CIK:        0000004977
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004977-24-000082
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497724000082/0000004977-24-000082-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497724000082/afl-20240501.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-24-000082

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