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Globe Life (GL) Competitors

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$109.39 +3.48 (+3.29%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM 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.

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

Globe Life has a consensus target price of $127.10, indicating a potential upside of 16.19%. Given Globe Life's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Globe Life is more favorable than Sun Life Financial.

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

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
Sun Life Financial$45.44B0.75$2.48B$4.4913.12
Globe Life$5.73B1.60$970.76M$11.829.25

Sun Life Financial has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Globe Life has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Globe Life had 2 more articles in the media than Sun Life Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Globe Life and 3 mentions for Sun Life Financial. Sun Life Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Globe Life's score of 0.73 indicating that Sun Life Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

52.3% of Sun Life Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of Globe Life 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 39.13% of users gave Globe Life an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sun Life FinancialOutperform Votes
489
62.29%
Underperform Votes
296
37.71%
Globe LifeOutperform Votes
63
39.13%
Underperform Votes
98
60.87%

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
Sun Life Financial7.32% 17.44% 1.14%
Globe Life 19.04%22.91%3.88%

Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Globe Life pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Sun Life Financial pays out 55.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Globe Life pays out 8.1% 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.

Summary

Globe Life beats Sun Life Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GL vs. The Competition

MetricGlobe LifeLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.18B$19.67B$10.97B$19.18B
Dividend Yield0.91%3.07%9.85%3.59%
P/E Ratio9.259.9828.4941.28
Price / Sales1.601.1948.6117.59
Price / Cash7.0321.9830.3121.28
Price / Book2.291.402.735.32
Net Income$970.76M$1.23B$1.03B$989.88M
7 Day Performance3.77%-3.19%-2.88%-3.56%
1 Month Performance0.32%-6.36%-2.86%-3.70%
1 Year Performance-10.09%7.35%11.27%12.12%

Globe Life Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GL
Globe Life
4.8889 of 5 stars
$109.39
+3.3%
$127.10
+16.2%
-9.7%$9.18B$5.73B9.253,636
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.0524 of 5 stars
$60.03
-0.2%
N/A+17.1%$34.56B$45.44B13.3630,941Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.4661 of 5 stars
$312.00
+0.2%
$321.80
+3.1%
+34.8%$31.43B$9.81B-42.7748,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
PUK
Prudential
4.2316 of 5 stars
$16.22
-1.0%
N/A-27.5%$21.64B$19.50B8.1115,030Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.6887 of 5 stars
$78.96
+0.1%
$84.75
+7.3%
-1.4%$18.06B$13.67B-87.6819,800Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
4.0642 of 5 stars
$66.68
-1.4%
$73.50
+10.2%
+52.9%$17.46B$2.08B87.794,350Insider Trade
Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.5607 of 5 stars
$30.68
0.0%
$35.00
+14.1%
+37.3%$17.45B$14.89B-14.685,700Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
EG
Everest Group
4.7306 of 5 stars
$359.79
-0.8%
$430.00
+19.5%
-0.1%$15.46B$14.59B5.682,844Positive News
EQH
Equitable
2.1135 of 5 stars
$47.30
-0.4%
$50.10
+5.9%
+38.8%$14.82B$10.99B-43.348,500Insider Trade
Positive News
AEG
Aegon
3.6026 of 5 stars
$6.00
-4.9%
N/A+2.7%$13.23B$30.66B6.6820,634High Trading Volume
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
2.9801 of 5 stars
$502.95
-0.7%
$472.00
-6.2%
+38.7%$11.71B$1.53B28.89561Positive News

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This page (NYSE:GL) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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