GL vs. SLF, WTW, PUK, RYAN, CRBG, PFG, AEG, EQH, 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), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Aegon (AEG), Equitable (EQH), Everest Group (EG), and Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Globe Life vs. Its Competitors
Sun Life Financial (NYSE:SLF) and Globe Life (NYSE:GL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.
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.
Sun Life Financial presently has a consensus price target of $88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.92%. Globe Life has a consensus price target of $137.73, suggesting a potential upside of 14.69%. Given Sun Life Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sun Life Financial is more favorable than Globe Life.
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.
52.3% of Sun Life Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of Globe Life shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Globe Life shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Globe Life pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Sun Life Financial pays out 64.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Globe Life pays out 8.8% 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. Sun Life Financial has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Globe Life has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years.
Sun Life Financial has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Globe Life has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Globe Life had 7 more articles in the media than Sun Life Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Globe Life and 5 mentions for Sun Life Financial. Globe Life's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Sun Life Financial's score of 0.46 indicating that Globe Life is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Globe Life beats Sun Life Financial on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GL) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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