Globe Life (GL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Globe Life in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" GL shares.
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9 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Globe Life's stock. Their GL share price targets range from $75.00 to $160.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $126.44 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 94.6% from the stock's current price.
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Globe Life's stock was trading at $121.72 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GL shares have decreased by 46.6% and is now trading at $64.99.
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Globe Life saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,750,000 shares, an increase of 19.6% from the March 15th total of 2,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 775,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.5 days. Approximately 3.0% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 22nd 2024.
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Globe Life will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 23rd at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 786-697-3501 with passcode "GLOBE LIFE INC".

Globe Life Inc. (NYSE:GL) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 7th. The company reported $2.88 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.73 by $0.15. The firm earned $1.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.40 billion. Globe Life had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.25% and a net margin of 17.82%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.24 earnings per share.
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Globe Life declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Wednesday, May 1st. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.48%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 4th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.23.
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Globe Life (NYSE:GL) pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.60%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 19 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 9.52%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GL will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.66% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Globe Life (NYSE:GL) stock in their portfolio include ASYMshares ASYMmetric S&P 500 ETF (ASPY), Dividend Performers ETF (IPDP), iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials ETF (RSPF), SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE) and Arrow Reverse Cap 500 ETF (YPS).Fidelity Small-Mid Factor ETF (FSMD).

Globe Life issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 7th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 11.300-11.800 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 11.430. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Globe Life investors own include AT&T (T), AbbVie (ABBV), Chevron (CVX), International Business Machines (IBM), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Coca-Cola (KO) and RTX (RTX).

Globe Life's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.49%), Pensioenfonds Rail & OV (0.30%), Welch Group LLC (0.05%), IMC Chicago LLC (0.00%), Alaska Permanent Fund Corp (0.02%) and Sawyer & Company Inc (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Charles E Adair, Cheryl Alston, Christopher Todd Moore, David Kendall Carlson, Dolores L Skarjune, Frank M Svoboda, Frank M Svoboda, Gary L Coleman, James Eric Mcpartland, James Matthew Darden, Jane Buchan, Jason A Harvey, Jennifer Allison Haworth, John Henry Rogers, Jr, Kenneth J Matson, Larry M Hutchison, Melissa Jane Buchan, Michael Clay Majors, Michael Shane Henrie, Pierre Beaurang, Robert Brian Mitchell, Robert W Ingram, Robert W Ingram, Steven John Dichiaro, Steven Kelly Greer and Terren S Peizer.
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