AFLAC Earned $1.54 per Share

AFLAC (AFL) just reported Q1 operating earnings of $1.54 per share. That also matched Wall Street’s estimate. The strong dollar knocked 13 cents per share off earnings.

“I want to reiterate that our objective for 2015 is to increase operating earnings per diluted share 2% to 7% on a currency neutral basis. If the yen averages 120 to 125 to the dollar for the second quarter, we would expect earnings in the second quarter to be approximately $1.46 to $1.57 per diluted share. Using that same exchange rate assumption, we would expect full-year reported operating earnings to be about $5.74 to $6.15 per diluted share. In April, we executed a make-whole transaction to enhance our consolidated capital position. As a result of this transaction, we will incur a non-operating charge of approximately $.34 in the second quarter of 2015. However, operating earnings per diluted share for the remainder of 2015 will benefit by approximately $.07 due to a net reduction in interest expense. Challenging financial markets and significantly depressed interest rates make it difficult to invest cash flows at attractive yields. Therefore, we will remain very disciplined in selling first sector products in Japan, which will reduce investable cash flows. As always, we are working very hard to achieve our earnings-per-share objective while also delivering on our promise to policyholders.”

Posted by on April 28th, 2015 at 5:02 pm


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