Great-West Lifeco (GWO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Great-West Lifeco is one of the three big Canadian life insurance firms. With just under half of the firm's profit and revenue in Canada, Great-West also operates in the U.S. and Europe. In Canada, Great-West provides both individual and group insurance. In the United States, Great-West operates Putnam Investments and defined-contribution recordkeeping firm Empower Retirement. In 2020, Great-West announced it would acquire Personal Capital and MassMutual's recordkeeping business. In Europe, Great-West offers life insurance, annuities, and reinsurance primarily in the U.K., Ireland, and Germany.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$74.74 to C$77.04
• 50-Day Range: C$61.73 to C$76.36
• 52-Week Range: C$49.71 to C$77.04
• Volume: 1.25 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.66 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$69.13 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.90
• Dividend Yield: 3.20%
• Price Target: C$77.18
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Great-West Lifeco Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Great-West Lifeco scored higher than 40% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Great-West Lifeco has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 7 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Great-West Lifeco is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Great-West Lifeco has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Great-West Lifeco is 17.90, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.45.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Great-West Lifeco is 17.90, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 15.98.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Great-West Lifeco has a PEG Ratio of 2.26. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Great-West Lifeco has a P/B Ratio of 2.11. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for GWO.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Great-West Lifeco pays a meaningful dividend of 3.43%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Great-West Lifeco does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Great-West Lifeco is 57.28%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.45

News Sentiment

Great-West Lifeco has a news sentiment score of 0.45. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.76 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 23 news articles for Great-West Lifeco this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

12 people have searched for GWO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 71% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Great-West Lifeco to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Great-West Lifeco insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$2,945,369.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

70.70% of the stock of Great-West Lifeco is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

9.47% of the stock of Great-West Lifeco is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend: 3/03/2026
• Record date for 3/31 Dividend: 3/31/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/31/2026
• Last Earnings: 5/06/2026
• Today: 5/08/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Insurance - Life
• Sub-Industry: Insurance
• Current Symbol: TSE:GWO
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.greatwestlifeco.com
• Phone: +1-204-9461190
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 33,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Great-West Lifeco: C$72.36
• High Price Target: C$83.00
• Low Price Target: C$64.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -4.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.73
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$4.26
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.82
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.05
• P/E Growth: 2.26
• Net Income: C$4.07 billion
• Net Margins: 10.96%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 13.98%
• Return on Assets: 0.73%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 44.93
• Current Ratio: 5.80
• Quick Ratio: 22.18

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$39.10 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.76
• Cash Flow: C$358.79 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.21
• Book Value: C$36.22 per share
• Price / Book: 2.10

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 906,332,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$68.81 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.59