secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AFLAC INC (AFL)
CIK:        0000004977
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004977-24-000138
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aflac Q2 net earnings $1.8B ($3.10/share), adjusted EPS up 15.8%, declares $0.50 dividend
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- Net earnings $1.8B ($3.10 diluted EPS) vs $1.6B ($2.71) a year ago; adjusted earnings $1.0B ($1.83) up 15.8% per share.
- Aflac Japan pretax adjusted earnings in yen up 18.6% reported, 10.6% currency-neutral; profit margin 35.3% vs 30.4%.
- Aflac U.S. pretax adjusted earnings up 3.8% to $383M; sales increased 2% to $331M.
- Board declared Q3 dividend $0.50/share payable Sept 2, 2024; record $800M share repurchase in Q2 (9.3M shares).
- Yen/dollar headwind reduced adjusted EPS by $0.07; average rate 155.70 vs 137.53 year ago.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497724000138/0000004977-24-000138-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497724000138/afl-20240731.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-24-000138

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