Great-West Lifeco (GWO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Great-West Lifeco is one of the three big Canadian life insurance firms. With just under half of the firm's profit and revenue in Canada, Great-West also operates in the U.S. and Europe. In Canada, Great-West provides both individual and group insurance. In the United States, Great-West operates Putnam Investments and defined-contribution recordkeeping firm Empower Retirement. In 2020, Great-West announced it would acquire Personal Capital and MassMutual's recordkeeping business. In Europe, Great-West offers life insurance, annuities, and reinsurance primarily in the U.K., Ireland, and Germany.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$79.00 to C$80.82
• 50-Day Range: C$62.82 to C$80.48
• 52-Week Range: C$49.78 to C$80.82
• Volume: 9.72 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.70 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$72.27 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.31
• Dividend Yield: 3.11%
• Price Target: C$77.18
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Great-West Lifeco Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Great-West Lifeco scored higher than 34% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Great-West Lifeco has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 7 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Great-West Lifeco is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Great-West Lifeco has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Great-West Lifeco is 17.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.88.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Great-West Lifeco is 17.31, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 16.10.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Great-West Lifeco has a PEG Ratio of 2.26. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Great-West Lifeco has a P/B Ratio of 2.19. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for GWO.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Great-West Lifeco pays a meaningful dividend of 3.22%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Great-West Lifeco does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Great-West Lifeco is 53.76%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.29

News Sentiment

Great-West Lifeco has a news sentiment score of 0.29. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.81 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Great-West Lifeco this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 6 people have searched for GWO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -45% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Great-West Lifeco to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Great-West Lifeco insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$7,528,257.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

70.70% of the stock of Great-West Lifeco is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

9.63% of the stock of Great-West Lifeco is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend: 3/03/2026
• Record date for 3/31 Dividend: 3/31/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/31/2026
• Last Earnings: 5/06/2026
• Today: 5/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/02/2026
• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Insurance - Life
• Sub-Industry: Insurance
• Current Symbol: TSE:GWO
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.greatwestlifeco.com
• Phone: +1-204-9461190
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 33,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Great-West Lifeco: C$77.18
• High Price Target: C$83.00
• Low Price Target: C$70.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -4.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$4.65
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.31
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.08
• P/E Growth: 2.26
• Net Income: C$4.07 billion
• Net Margins: 12.86%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 15.17%
• Return on Assets: 0.73%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 29.59
• Current Ratio: 6.57
• Quick Ratio: 22.18

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$36.28 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.99
• Cash Flow: C$380.34 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.21
• Book Value: C$36.75 per share
• Price / Book: 2.19

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 898,039,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$72.27 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.59