secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AFLAC INC (AFL)
CIK:        0000004977
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-005458
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aflac Q4 net earnings $1.4B ($2.64/diluted), adjusted EPS $1.57; dividend raised 5.2%
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- Q4 total revenues $4.9B (-9.9% YoY); net earnings $1.4B ($2.64/diluted) vs $1.9B ($3.42) a year ago.
- Adjusted earnings $818M; adjusted diluted EPS $1.57, up 0.6% YoY on 5.9% fewer shares.
- First-quarter dividend increased 5.2% to $0.61/share, payable March 2, 2026 to holders of record Feb 18.
- Aflac Japan Q4 sales rose 15.7% YoY to ¥19.9B ($129M); U.S. net earned premiums +4.0% to $1.5B.
- Repurchased $800M in shares during Q4; $3.5B for full year; 114.3M shares remain authorized.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000162828026005458/0001628280-26-005458-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000162828026005458/afl-20260204.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-005458

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