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AFLAC INC

(AFL)

CIK 4977 · SEC filings only

Not gradedDividend record
shown as history
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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

Sector median (Finance): A+ across 6 graded companies

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Open promises (6)

Open · buyback authorization

remain in the market repurchasing shares

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt (opens in a new tab)
Open · buyback authorization

we will continue to tactically repurchase shares

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt (opens in a new tab)
Open · buyback authorization

we will continue to tactically repurchase shares

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt (opens in a new tab)
Open · buyback authorization

we will continue to tactically repurchase shares

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt (opens in a new tab)
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 (opens in a new tab)
Open · buyback authorization

the company had 116.6 million remaining shares authorized for repurchase

unresolved — no outcome on file$116600000.0000receipt (opens in a new tab)

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 · 5 not graded (no comparable reported figure) · resolver resolver-v3 · score score-v1. Every verdict links to its source filing. Full methodology →
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0 resolved promises

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0 of the 4 resolved guidance promises needed to publish a reliability grade. Some of this company’s guidance has no reported figure we can compare it with. It is shown below, never scored; the line under each statement says why. Here's what we're tracking — we never show a grade we can't back with receipts.

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Guidance by basis

10 of 10 guidance figures that were graded or dropped for basis could not be graded on the same basis (100%). Guidance marked “not judged” is in neither number.

Guidance typeSaidGradedDroppedOther
EPS · non-GAAPcannot be graded14077
EPS · basis not statedcannot be graded4031

Said counts every revenue and EPS guidance figure on record. Dropped counts figures whose period was reported but which have no comparable GAAP actual in SEC XBRL. Other covers open, superseded, withdrawn and otherwise unresolved figures. The coverage note below counts every figure shown but not graded, including figures whose period has not been reported, so it can be larger.

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Guidance shown, not graded (18)

We show what was said — with its source filing — but never score it. The line under each statement says why.

  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 · 18 not graded (no comparable reported figure) · resolver resolver-v5 · score score-v1. Every verdict links to its source filing. Full methodology →