AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Aflac (AFL)

Aflac Q4 net earnings rise to $1.9 billion; adjusted EPS up 24.8% to $1.56

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Aflac reported fourth-quarter 2024 net earnings of $1.9 billion, or $3.42 per diluted share, up from $268 million, or $0.46, a year earlier. Fourth-quarter total revenues rose to $5.4 billion from $3.8 billion, and adjusted earnings per diluted share increased 24.8% to $1.56. The company also declared a first-quarter 2025 dividend of $0.58 per share, a 16% increase, and repurchased $750 million of its shares in the quarter.

Key points

  • Q4 2024 net earnings were $1.9 billion, or $3.42 per diluted share, including net investment gains of $1.0 billion, or $1.86 per diluted share.
  • Q4 2024 adjusted earnings were $865 million, up 18.2% from $732 million; adjusted EPS was $1.56, up 24.8%.
  • Full-year 2024 net earnings were $5.4 billion, or $9.63 per diluted share, versus $4.7 billion, or $7.78, in 2023; full-year adjusted EPS was $7.21 versus $6.23.
  • The board declared a first-quarter dividend of $0.58 per share, payable March 3, 2025, to holders of record on February 19, 2025.

The filing

CompanyAflac (AFL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 5, 2025, 5:22 PM ET
Accession number0000004977-25-000006

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:42 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 05, 2025.

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