GL vs. PUK, SLF, WTW, CRBG, PFG, EQH, BNT, 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), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Equitable (EQH), Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT), 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Prudential Public had 11 more articles in the media than Globe Life. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Prudential Public and 11 mentions for Globe Life. Globe Life's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Prudential Public's score of 0.87 indicating that Globe Life is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Globe Life has a consensus target price of $152.45, indicating a potential upside of 9.03%. Given Globe Life's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Globe Life is more favorable than Prudential Public.
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.
Prudential Public has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Globe Life has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Prudential Public pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Globe Life pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Prudential Public pays out 28.0% 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 raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years.
Summary
Globe Life beats Prudential Public on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:GL) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
