GL vs. WTW, SLF, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EQH, EG, AEG, and KNSL
Should you be buying Globe Life stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Globe Life include Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Equitable (EQH), Everest Group (EG), Aegon (AEG), and Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Globe Life vs.
Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) and Globe Life (NYSE:GL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Globe Life pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays out -368.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Globe Life pays out 9.0% 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 increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Willis Towers Watson Public is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Willis Towers Watson Public presently has a consensus target price of $346.15, indicating a potential upside of 2.65%. Globe Life has a consensus target price of $135.60, indicating a potential upside of 4.48%. Given Globe Life's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Globe Life is more favorable than Willis Towers Watson Public.
Globe Life received 21 more outperform votes than Willis Towers Watson Public when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 45.54% of users gave Willis Towers Watson Public an outperform vote while only 39.88% of users gave Globe Life an outperform vote.
93.1% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of Globe Life shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Globe Life has a net margin of 18.53% compared to Willis Towers Watson Public's net margin of -0.99%. Globe Life's return on equity of 22.32% beat Willis Towers Watson Public's return on equity.
Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Globe Life has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Willis Towers Watson Public had 6 more articles in the media than Globe Life. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public and 16 mentions for Globe Life. Globe Life's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Willis Towers Watson Public's score of 0.91 indicating that Globe Life is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Globe Life has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Willis Towers Watson Public. Willis Towers Watson Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Globe Life, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Globe Life beats Willis Towers Watson Public on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GL) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
