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GL vs. SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EQH, AEG, EG, and BNT

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

Globe Life vs.

Globe Life (NYSE:GL) and Sun Life Financial (NYSE:SLF) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Globe Life has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Life Financial has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Globe Life pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Globe Life pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sun Life Financial pays out 62.1% 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 raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Sun Life Financial has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Globe Life currently has a consensus target price of $137.73, suggesting a potential upside of 14.50%. Sun Life Financial has a consensus target price of $88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.47%. Given Sun Life Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sun Life Financial is more favorable than Globe Life.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Globe Life
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Sun Life Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Globe Life had 24 more articles in the media than Sun Life Financial. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Globe Life and 10 mentions for Sun Life Financial. Sun Life Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Globe Life's score of 0.77 indicating that Sun Life Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Globe Life
13 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sun Life Financial
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Globe Life$5.84B1.70$1.07B$12.299.79
Sun Life Financial$33.02B1.08$2.31B$3.9316.06

Sun Life Financial received 421 more outperform votes than Globe Life when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.37% of users gave Sun Life Financial an outperform vote while only 41.48% of users gave Globe Life an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Globe LifeOutperform Votes
73
41.48%
Underperform Votes
103
58.52%
Sun Life FinancialOutperform Votes
494
62.37%
Underperform Votes
298
37.63%

Globe Life has a net margin of 18.53% compared to Sun Life Financial's net margin of 8.08%. Globe Life's return on equity of 22.32% beat Sun Life Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Globe Life18.53% 22.32% 3.85%
Sun Life Financial 8.08%16.86%1.10%

81.6% of Globe Life shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Sun Life Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Globe Life beats Sun Life Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GL vs. The Competition

MetricGlobe LifeLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.93B$21.92B$11.49B$19.41B
Dividend Yield0.90%3.21%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio10.078.2622.4834.23
Price / Sales1.701.3127.2834.85
Price / Cash8.329.7017.6217.51
Price / Book2.521.402.794.69
Net Income$1.07B$1.64B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.37%-0.90%-0.01%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-1.00%7.26%6.70%7.46%
1 Year Performance40.48%10.49%537.71%3.96%

Globe Life Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GL
Globe Life
4.6028 of 5 stars
$120.28
-1.6%
$137.73
+14.5%
+44.3%$9.93B$5.84B10.073,540Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.8582 of 5 stars
$62.48
+0.5%
$88.00
+40.8%
+23.2%$35.46B$28.68B16.2729,200Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.0488 of 5 stars
$307.46
-0.5%
$351.55
+14.3%
+22.4%$30.48B$9.81B-307.4646,600Positive News
Dividend Announcement
PUK
Prudential
3.4548 of 5 stars
$22.90
+3.1%
N/A+11.1%$29.91B$8.14B9.8714,500Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.8419 of 5 stars
$81.70
+3.5%
$83.54
+2.3%
-7.3%$18.32B$15.77B12.2319,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
2.8351 of 5 stars
$69.12
-0.9%
$75.67
+9.5%
+27.6%$18.10B$2.65B100.173,850Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.4562 of 5 stars
$32.57
+4.6%
$36.62
+12.4%
+2.5%$17.92B$16.06B8.627,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EQH
Equitable
4.4724 of 5 stars
$53.90
+5.0%
$61.08
+13.3%
+27.3%$16.38B$14.78B14.118,200Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
AEG
Aegon
3.7081 of 5 stars
$6.76
+0.7%
N/A+1.7%$14.89B$19.52B7.0422,300Buyback Announcement
High Trading Volume
EG
Everest Group
4.8773 of 5 stars
$348.35
+0.1%
$397.18
+14.0%
-13.6%$14.82B$17.23B11.092,430Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
N/A$58.63
+3.4%
N/AN/A$14.34B$14.34B183.2260

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This page (NYSE:GL) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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