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AFLAC INC

(AFL)

CIK 4977 · SEC filings only

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11 dividend record entries

Dividend record — shown as history, not graded

A declared dividend is a reported fact, not a promise we grade. Here's the record — raises, holds, and cuts — each linked to its source filing.

Dividend record

11 declarations · 4 raised · 5 held · 0 cut · held 6 quarters

  1. RAISED$0.6100/shperiod ended 2026-06-30Filing ↗
  2. HELD$0.5800/shperiod ended 2025-09-30Filing ↗
  3. RAISED$0.5800/shperiod ended 2025-06-30Filing ↗
  4. HELD$0.5000/shperiod ended 2024-09-30Filing ↗
  5. RAISED$0.5000/shperiod ended 2024-06-30Filing ↗
  6. HELD$0.4200/shperiod ended 2023-09-30Filing ↗
  7. INITIATED$0.4200/shperiod ended 2023-06-30Filing ↗
  8. HELD$0.2800/shperiod ended 2009-09-30Filing ↗
  9. RAISED$0.2800/shperiod ended 2009-06-30Filing ↗
  10. HELD$0.2400/shperiod ended 2008-09-30Filing ↗
  11. INITIATED$0.2400/shperiod ended 2008-06-30Filing ↗
Descriptive dividend record — every entry links to its source filing. Not graded (a declared dividend is a reported fact, not a promise). Full methodology →
A+Buyback record
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4 resolved promises

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Open promises (6)

Open · buyback authorization

remain in the market repurchasing shares

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt →
Open · buyback authorization

we will continue to tactically repurchase shares

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt →
Open · buyback authorization

we will continue to tactically repurchase shares

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt →
Open · buyback authorization

we will continue to tactically repurchase shares

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt →
Open · buyback authorization

At the end of September 2022, the company had 25.6 million remaining shares authorized for repurchase

unresolved — no outcome on file$25600000.0000receipt →
Open · buyback authorization

the company had 116.6 million remaining shares authorized for repurchase

unresolved — no outcome on file$116600000.0000receipt →

Credibility timeline

UNRESOLVABLE · Apr 26, 2016UNRESOLVABLE · Oct 27, 2016UNRESOLVABLE · Apr 27, 2017UNRESOLVABLE · Oct 25, 2017UNRESOLVABLE · Jan 31, 2018KEPT · Feb 23, 2018KEPT · Apr 29, 2021KEPT · Oct 28, 2021KEPT · Apr 29, 2022
20162022
Timeline as a list
  • Apr 26, 2016UNRESOLVABLEThis reinforces our plan to repurchase about $1.4 billion of our shares in 2016
  • Oct 27, 2016UNRESOLVABLEWe are on target to repurchase about $1.4 billion of our common stock in 2016
  • Apr 27, 2017UNRESOLVABLEWe continue to anticipate that we’ll repurchase in the range of $1.3 to $1.5 billion of our shares in 2017
  • Oct 25, 2017UNRESOLVABLEWe continue to anticipate that we’ll repurchase in the range of $1.3 to $1.5 billion of our shares in 2017
  • Jan 31, 2018UNRESOLVABLEwe expect share repurchase will be in the range of $1.1 to $1.4 billion in 2018
  • Feb 23, 2018KEPTour plan to repurchase $1.3 billion of our common stock in 2015
  • Apr 29, 2021KEPTWe expect share repurchase will be in the range of $1.3 to $1.7 billion in 2019
  • Oct 28, 2021KEPTWe continue to anticipate that we’ll repurchase in the range of $1.3 to $1.7 billion of our shares in 2019
  • Apr 29, 2022KEPTWe expect share repurchase will be in the range of $1.3 to $1.7 billion in 2020
4 resolved buyback promises · 5dropped (couldn't be resolved on a consistent basis) · resolver resolver-v3 · score score-v1. Every verdict links to its source filing. Full methodology →
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0 resolved promises

Not enough GAAP-comparable guidance to grade

0 of the 4 resolved guidance promises needed to publish a reliability grade. Much of this company’s guidance is non-GAAP, which has no comparable GAAP actual in SEC XBRL to check it against — shown below, never scored. Here's what we're tracking — we never show a grade we can't back with receipts.

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Guidance shown, not graded (18)

These are non-GAAP forecasts. There is no comparable GAAP figure in SEC XBRL to check them against, so we show what was said — with its source filing — but never score it.

  1. eps guidance fy · Feb 4, 2020
    our objective is to produce stable adjusted earnings per diluted share of $4.32 to $4.52
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  2. eps guidance fy · Jul 25, 2019
    puts us on track to produce adjusted earnings per diluted share toward the higher end of the range of $4.10 to $4.30
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  3. eps guidance fy · Jan 31, 2019
    our objective is to produce stable adjusted earnings per diluted share of $4.10 to $4.30
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  4. eps guidance fy · Jul 26, 2018
    we are upwardly revising our 2018 adjusted earnings per diluted share guidance from $3.72 to $3.88 to the range of $3.90 to $4.06
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  5. eps guidance q · Jul 26, 2018
    we would expect adjusted earnings to be approximately $0.87 to $1.02 per diluted share in the third quarter
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  6. eps guidance fy · Jan 31, 2018
    our objective is to produce stable operating earnings per diluted share of $7.45 to $7.75
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  7. eps guidance q · Oct 25, 2017
    we would expect operating earnings, a non-GAAP measure, to be approximately $1.42 to $1.66 per diluted share in the fourth quarter
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  8. eps guidance fy · Oct 25, 2017
    making full-year operating earnings approximately $6.62 to $6.86 per diluted share
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  9. eps guidance fy · Apr 27, 2017
    Our first quarter results put us squarely on track to produce stable operating earnings per diluted share of $6.40 to $6.65
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  10. eps guidance q · Apr 27, 2017
    we would expect operating earnings, a non-U.S. GAAP measure, to be approximately $1.55 to $1.70 per diluted share in the second quarter
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  11. eps guidance fy · Oct 27, 2016
    making full-year operating earnings per diluted share approximately $6.78 to $7.07 per diluted share
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  12. eps guidance q · Oct 27, 2016
    we would expect operating earnings, a non-GAAP measure, to be approximately $1.53 to $1.82 per diluted share in the fourth quarter
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  13. eps guidance fy · Oct 27, 2016
    I am extremely pleased that we are upwardly revising our 2016 operating earnings per diluted share outlook from a range of $6.17 to $6.41 to a higher range of $6.40 to $6.60, both of which exclude the impact of the yen.
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  14. eps guidance fy · Apr 26, 2016
    our annual objective is to produce operating earnings per diluted share of $6.17 to $6.41
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  15. eps guidance q · Apr 26, 2016
    we would expect earnings in the second quarter to be approximately $1.55 to $1.82 per diluted share
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  16. eps guidance fy · Oct 27, 2015
    full-year reported operating earnings to be about $5.96 to $6.16 per diluted share
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  17. eps guidance fy · Oct 27, 2015
    the growth of operating earnings per diluted share will be in the range of 4% to 7% on a currency neutral basis
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  18. eps guidance q · Oct 27, 2015
    we would expect earnings in the fourth quarter to be approximately $1.36 to $1.56 per diluted share
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗

Credibility timeline

WITHDRAWN · Apr 29, 2020
20202020
Timeline as a list
  • Apr 29, 2020WITHDRAWNwe believe it is prudent to withdraw adjusted earnings guidance for 2020
0 resolved guidance promises · 18dropped (couldn't be resolved on a consistent basis) · resolver resolver-v3 · score score-v1. Every verdict links to its source filing. Full methodology →