---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001822993-26-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JXN"
cik: "0001822993"
company_name: "Jackson Financial Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:09:02.025504+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jackson Financial posts Q4 adjusted operating EPS of $6.61, record retail annuity sales up 27%

## Summary
- Record Q4 retail annuity sales of $5.9B, up 27% YoY; full-year $19.7B, up 10%.
- Net loss attributable to common shareholders of $(215)M ($(3.13)/share) vs. $334M gain YoY.
- Adjusted operating earnings of $455M ($6.61/diluted share), a record, up from $349M ($4.65) in Q4 2024.
- Free cash flow of $119M in Q4; returned $205M to shareholders via $150M buybacks and $55M dividends.
- Record Institutional sales of $3.5B for full year, up 77% YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001822993-26-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JXN
- cik: 0001822993
- company_name: Jackson Financial Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-18T23:59:59+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/1822993/000182299326000017/0001822993-26-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822993/000182299326000017/jxn-20260218.htm

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