Aflac (AFL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Aflac's (AFL) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $3.1 billion in Q1 2026, down 4.06% year-on-year from $3.3 billion in Q1 2025, and up 124.21% quarter-over-quarter from $1.4 billion in Q4 2025.

Aflac (AFL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Aflac has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $3.1 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $3.1 billion, down 4.06% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $7.2 billion (down 60.33% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $5.3 billion, down 57.33% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $3.1 billion for Q1 2026 at Aflac, up from $1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $8.8 billion in Q4 2024 to a low of $1.2 billion in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $3.1 billion (2026), against an average of $3.0 billion.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Expenses reached 159.0% in 2025, while the deepest fall reached 84.17% in 2025.
  • Aflac's Operating Expenses stood at $3.4 billion in 2022, then advanced by 2.29% to $3.5 billion in 2023, then jumped by 152.15% to $8.8 billion in 2024, then slumped by 84.17% to $1.4 billion in 2025, then soared by 124.21% to $3.1 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $3.1 billion (Q1 2026), $1.4 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.3 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Manulife Financial 575.36 Bn 575.36 Bn - -199.07 Mn
2 Aflac 60.03 Bn 54.38 Bn 1.48 Bn 3.12 Bn
3 Metlife 56.29 Bn 40.35 Bn 256.00 Mn 17.57 Bn
4 Unum 14.92 Bn 4.96 Bn 1.40 Bn 3.05 Bn
5 Globe Life 12.80 Bn 12.12 Bn 1.45 Bn 1.23 Bn
6 Primerica 8.79 Bn 8.79 Bn 770.81 Mn 2.04 Mn
7 Jackson Financial 7.51 Bn 1.68 Bn - 735.00 Mn
8 Lincoln National 6.95 Bn -8.74 Bn 3.25 Bn 5.55 Bn
9 CNO Financial 4.67 Bn 4.33 Bn 754.30 Mn 981.20 Mn
10 Prudential 4.24 Bn 4.24 Bn - -

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 3.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.39 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.31 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.33 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 3.25 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 8.80 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 2.86 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 3.12 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.26 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 3.49 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.29 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 3.46 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 3.41 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 3.38 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 3.61 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 3.88 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 11.76 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 4.12 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 4.19 Bn