Brokers Set Expectations for TSE:GWO Q2 Earnings

Great-West Lifeco Inc. (TSE:GWO - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Desjardins issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Great-West Lifeco in a report released on Thursday, May 8th. Desjardins analyst D. Young anticipates that the company will earn $1.18 per share for the quarter. Desjardins has a "Hold" rating and a $53.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Great-West Lifeco's current full-year earnings is $4.45 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Great-West Lifeco's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.19 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.13 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.70 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.10 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on GWO. CIBC lowered their price objective on Great-West Lifeco from C$60.00 to C$57.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Cibc World Mkts raised Great-West Lifeco from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Thursday, February 6th. TD Securities increased their price objective on Great-West Lifeco from C$53.00 to C$62.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, April 3rd. Scotiabank increased their price objective on Great-West Lifeco from C$59.00 to C$60.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, February 7th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price objective on Great-West Lifeco from C$58.00 to C$57.00 in a report on Monday, April 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of C$55.56.

Great-West Lifeco Trading Down 1.4%

GWO stock traded down C$0.71 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting C$50.10. The stock had a trading volume of 2,101,833 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,959,663. Great-West Lifeco has a 1-year low of C$38.44 and a 1-year high of C$57.61. The company has a fifty day moving average of C$52.93 and a 200 day moving average of C$50.21. The stock has a market capitalization of C$46.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.46, a PEG ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 0.84.

Great-West Lifeco Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st were issued a $0.61 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd. This represents a $2.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.87%. This is a positive change from Great-West Lifeco's previous quarterly dividend of $0.56. Great-West Lifeco's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 50.79%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Great-West Lifeco

In other Great-West Lifeco news, Senior Officer David Martin Harney sold 9,300 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$52.14, for a total value of C$484,931.76. Also, insider L.P. Great-West Lifeco U.S. Holdings sold 75,457 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of C$53.44, for a total value of C$4,032,671.09. Insiders have sold 124,557 shares of company stock valued at $6,611,123 in the last 90 days. 70.70% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Great-West Lifeco Company Profile

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.