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Globe Life (GL) Competitors

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$146.42 +1.17 (+0.81%)
Closing price 09/23/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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GL vs. PUK, SLF, WTW, PFG, CRBG, BNT, EQH, AEG, RYAN, and EG

Should you be buying Globe Life stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Globe Life include Prudential Public (PUK), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), and Everest Group (EG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Globe Life vs. Its Competitors

Prudential Public (NYSE:PUK) and Globe Life (NYSE:GL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Globe Life has a net margin of 18.11% compared to Prudential Public's net margin of 0.00%. Globe Life's return on equity of 21.24% beat Prudential Public's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Prudential PublicN/A N/A N/A
Globe Life 18.11%21.24%3.74%

Prudential Public has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Globe Life has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

1.9% of Prudential Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of Globe Life shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Prudential Public shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Globe Life shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Globe Life has a consensus target price of $152.45, indicating a potential upside of 4.12%. Given Globe Life's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Globe Life is more favorable than Prudential Public.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Prudential Public
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Globe Life
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91

Prudential Public has higher revenue and earnings than Globe Life. Globe Life is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prudential Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Prudential Public$16.66B2.13$2.29B$2.3211.89
Globe Life$5.78B2.05$1.07B$12.5111.70

Prudential Public pays an annual dividend of $0.29 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 0.7%. Prudential Public pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Globe Life pays out 8.6% 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.

In the previous week, Globe Life had 6 more articles in the media than Prudential Public. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Globe Life and 3 mentions for Prudential Public. Globe Life's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Prudential Public's score of 0.93 indicating that Globe Life is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Prudential Public
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Globe Life
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Globe Life beats Prudential Public on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GL vs. The Competition

MetricGlobe LifeINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.77B$12.28B$12.67B$21.71B
Dividend Yield0.74%2.08%5.43%3.52%
P/E Ratio11.7034.43241.0929.84
Price / Sales2.051.6730.8860.74
Price / Cash8.0330.6822.8824.72
Price / Book2.322.372.314.59
Net Income$1.07B$1.21B$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance2.69%-0.29%0.42%0.64%
1 Month Performance3.74%-0.15%1.66%2.77%
1 Year Performance35.43%18.02%540.38%14.49%

Globe Life Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GL
Globe Life
4.7979 of 5 stars
$146.42
+0.8%
$152.45
+4.1%
+35.9%$11.77B$5.78B11.703,732Positive News
PUK
Prudential Public
3.417 of 5 stars
$27.85
+1.1%
N/A+60.5%$35.82B$21.26B12.0115,412Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.8224 of 5 stars
$59.88
-0.5%
$88.00
+47.0%
+4.9%$33.56B$28.32B14.8231,768Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.5938 of 5 stars
$338.85
+0.6%
$362.92
+7.1%
+17.2%$33.05B$9.93B232.0948,900Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.2588 of 5 stars
$82.21
+0.6%
N/AN/A$18.31B$16.13B16.5419,700
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.789 of 5 stars
$33.40
+2.0%
$40.80
+22.2%
+16.4%$17.99B$19.58B-54.755,200Positive News
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
0.5477 of 5 stars
$72.87
+1.4%
N/AN/A$17.52B$14.10B214.335,000News Coverage
Positive News
EQH
Equitable
4.3536 of 5 stars
$54.08
-0.3%
$64.55
+19.4%
+27.9%$16.20B$13.64B43.618,000Positive News
Insider Trade
AEG
Aegon
4.3865 of 5 stars
$7.92
+1.5%
N/A+28.2%$15.88B$10.65B8.2423,123
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
4.8062 of 5 stars
$53.93
+1.2%
$74.00
+37.2%
-15.1%$14.22B$2.81B154.095,250Gap Up
EG
Everest Group
4.6017 of 5 stars
$335.59
+0.1%
$387.47
+15.5%
-12.5%$14.08B$17.51B17.813,037Analyst Downgrade

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