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Globe Life (GL) Competitors

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$108.76 -0.56 (-0.51%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

GL vs. SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EG, EQH, AEG, and KNSL

Should you be buying Globe Life stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Globe Life include Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Everest Group (EG), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), and Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Globe Life vs.

Globe Life (NYSE:GL) and Sun Life Financial (NYSE:SLF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.

81.6% of Globe Life shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Sun Life Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Globe Life shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Sun Life Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Globe Life. Globe Life is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Life Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Globe Life$5.45B1.68$970.76M$11.829.20
Sun Life Financial$30.20B1.16$2.48B$4.4913.55

In the previous week, Globe Life had 11 more articles in the media than Sun Life Financial. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Globe Life and 8 mentions for Sun Life Financial. Globe Life's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Sun Life Financial's score of 0.38 indicating that Globe Life is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Globe Life
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sun Life Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Sun Life Financial received 426 more outperform votes than Globe Life when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.29% of users gave Sun Life Financial an outperform vote while only 39.38% of users gave Globe Life an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Globe LifeOutperform Votes
63
39.38%
Underperform Votes
97
60.63%
Sun Life FinancialOutperform Votes
489
62.29%
Underperform Votes
296
37.71%

Globe Life has a net margin of 19.04% compared to Sun Life Financial's net margin of 7.32%. Globe Life's return on equity of 22.91% beat Sun Life Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Globe Life19.04% 22.91% 3.88%
Sun Life Financial 7.32%17.44%1.14%

Globe Life currently has a consensus target price of $124.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.47%. Given Globe Life's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Globe Life is more favorable than Sun Life Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Globe Life
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Sun Life Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Globe Life pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Globe Life pays out 8.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sun Life Financial pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Globe Life has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years.

Globe Life has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Life Financial has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Globe Life beats Sun Life Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GL vs. The Competition

MetricGlobe LifeLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.18B$20.25B$10.41B$19.84B
Dividend Yield0.88%2.89%10.14%3.50%
P/E Ratio9.208.9947.1237.73
Price / Sales1.681.323,443.7818.01
Price / Cash7.3121.9130.7717.90
Price / Book1.971.412.484.86
Net Income$970.76M$1.23B$993.44M$985.93M
7 Day Performance-0.19%0.17%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance-1.30%1.27%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance-9.06%18.60%24.11%24.67%

Globe Life Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GL
Globe Life
4.8855 of 5 stars
$108.76
-0.5%
$124.50
+14.5%
-7.8%$9.18B$5.45B9.203,636Dividend Announcement
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.161 of 5 stars
$60.84
+0.8%
N/A+19.7%$34.73B$30.20B13.5530,941Analyst Downgrade
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.7304 of 5 stars
$308.61
+0.3%
$312.27
+1.2%
+27.6%$30.98B$9.48B0.0048,000Analyst Revision
PUK
Prudential
3.0644 of 5 stars
$16.03
+1.2%
N/A-32.0%$21.27B$19.50B0.0015,030Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.09 of 5 stars
$84.15
0.0%
$85.92
+2.1%
+15.9%$19.25B$13.67B12.2519,800Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.4511 of 5 stars
$70.88
+0.7%
$70.33
-0.8%
+58.3%$18.43B$2.08B92.054,350Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.2082 of 5 stars
$30.64
+0.7%
$34.85
+13.7%
+55.8%$17.43B$14.89B-14.665,700Positive News
EG
Everest Group
4.63 of 5 stars
$376.87
+1.7%
$434.10
+15.2%
-5.7%$15.92B$14.59B5.902,844Analyst Forecast
EQH
Equitable
3.3309 of 5 stars
$46.72
+0.3%
$48.70
+4.2%
+64.4%$14.64B$10.53B-42.868,500Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
Positive News
AEG
Aegon
2.1457 of 5 stars
$6.25
-1.3%
N/A+15.9%$13.95B$30.66B0.0020,634
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
3.3225 of 5 stars
$478.71
+2.0%
$455.88
-4.8%
+34.1%$10.93B$1.22B27.29561Dividend Announcement
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:GL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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