Globe Life Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:GL)

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Globe Life in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 4 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" GL shares.
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8 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Globe Life's stock. Their GL share price targets range from $118.00 to $160.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $134.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.1% from the stock's current price.
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Globe Life's stock was trading at $120.55 at the start of the year. Since then, GL shares have increased by 2.1% and is now trading at $123.13.
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Globe Life saw a drop in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,090,000 shares, a drop of 14.8% from the October 31st total of 1,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 526,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 7th 2024.
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Globe Life Inc. (NYSE:GL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 25th. The company reported $2.71 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.65 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $1.38 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.39 billion. Globe Life had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.60% and a net margin of 16.95%. Globe Life's revenue for the quarter was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.15 earnings per share.
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Globe Life announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 5th will be given a dividend of $0.225 per share on Thursday, February 1st. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 4th.
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Globe Life (NYSE:GL) pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.75%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 18 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 9.64%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GL will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.87% 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 SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE), 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), WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Fund (USMF), IQ Candriam ESG U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF (IQSM) and Timothy Plan US Large Cap Core ETF (TPLC).

Globe Life updated its FY24 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $11.00-11.60 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $11.36.

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Globe Life's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.51%), Boston Partners (2.52%), FMR LLC (2.53%), Invesco Ltd. (2.02%), Morgan Stanley (1.21%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Carol A Mccoy, Charles E Adair, Cheryl Alston, Christopher Todd Moore, David Kendall Carlson, Frank M Svoboda, Frank M Svoboda, Gary L Coleman, James Eric Mcpartland, James Matthew Darden, 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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