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Globe Life Inc. (GL)

Financial Services | Insurance - Life | McKinney, United States | NYSE
172.79 USD -2.99 (-1.701%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 172.79
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 6:04 a.m. EDT

Globe Life presents a compelling long-term value proposition anchored by robust profitability metrics, including a 21% return on equity and nearly 20% profit margins, yet short-term momentum remains fragile. The stock trades below its 50-day moving average following a sharp 7% decline over the past two weeks, creating a technical headwind despite a positive 45-day statistical forecast predicting a 7.5% gain. While insiders have been net sellers recently, the analyst consensus targets a 13% upside to $194, supported by a forward P/E of 10.4. The dividend yield sits at a modest 0.77%, reflecting a low payout ratio rather than a lack of commitment to shareholders. Long-term investors can expect a solid buy based on the 125% nine-year cumulative gain and the recent 43% annual rebound, though the lack of 15%+ revenue growth prevents a top-tier rating.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.022069
AutoETS0.024509
AutoTheta0.027006
AutoARIMA0.067353

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 54%
H-stat 1.37
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.329
Excess Kurtosis -0.77
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-10-04
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-05
Debt to Equity Ratio 55.675
Revenue per Share 78.36
Market Cap 13,278,815,232
Trailing P/E 11.68
Forward P/E 10.46
Beta 0.47
Profit Margins 19.58%
Website https://home.globelifeinsurance.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 6:04 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound recovery between 185 and 200, with call interest clustering at the 200 strike for 2027 and put protection established at 185 for late 2026. Implied volatility is elevated for November 2026, suggesting anticipated turbulence before the year-end rally.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.19% 0.81% 0.86% 0.84%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-06 0.330000 0.186462
2026-04-02 0.330000 0.231417
2026-01-05 0.270000 0.191993
2025-10-03 0.270000 0.196249
2025-07-03 0.270000 0.222772
2025-04-03 0.270000 0.211748
2025-01-06 0.240000 0.215827
2024-10-04 0.240000 0.225310
2024-07-05 0.240000 0.294551
2024-04-04 0.240000 0.217964
2024-01-04 0.225000 0.184094
2023-10-05 0.225000 0.204397
2023-07-03 0.225000 0.204063
2023-03-31 0.225000 0.204508
2023-01-05 0.208000 0.173059
2022-10-06 0.208000 0.195012
2022-07-01 0.208000 0.207295
2022-04-01 0.208000 0.206965
2022-01-06 0.198000 0.200020
2021-10-01 0.198000 0.219342
2021-07-01 0.198000 0.204842
2021-04-01 0.198000 0.200628
2021-01-07 0.188000 0.193874
2020-10-02 0.188000 0.232702
2020-07-02 0.188000 0.259203
2020-04-02 0.188000 0.280765
2020-01-02 0.173000 0.163888
2019-10-03 0.173000 0.186724
2019-07-03 0.173000 0.188803
2019-04-04 0.173000 0.204564
2019-01-03 0.160000 0.213305
2018-10-04 0.160000 0.181880
2018-07-03 0.160000 0.194932
2018-04-02 0.160000 0.194647
2018-01-04 0.150000 0.165380
2017-10-05 0.150000 0.185621
2017-06-30 0.150000 0.196078
2017-03-30 0.150000 0.194376
2017-01-04 0.140000 0.187542
2016-10-05 0.140000 0.216316
2016-06-29 0.140000 0.232442
2016-03-31 0.140000 0.258493
2016-01-04 0.135000 0.239702
2015-09-30 0.135000 0.239362
2015-06-30 0.135000 0.231879
2015-03-31 0.135000 0.245812
2014-12-31 0.127000 0.234447
2014-10-01 0.127000 0.244607
2014-05-29 0.126667 0.235004
2014-04-01 0.126667 0.240233
2013-12-31 0.113333 0.217530
2013-10-02 0.113333 0.237065
2013-07-02 0.113333 0.257809
2013-04-03 0.113333 0.291444
2013-01-02 0.100000 0.285442
2012-10-03 0.100000 0.293945
2012-07-03 0.100000 0.292056
2012-04-03 0.100000 0.300601
2012-01-04 0.080000 0.276180
2011-10-05 0.080000 0.336889
2011-05-27 0.073333 0.250226
2011-03-30 0.071111 0.242865
2011-01-04 0.071111 0.261823
2010-09-29 0.071111 0.299850
2010-06-30 0.066667 0.302971
2010-03-30 0.066667 0.284092
2010-01-04 0.066667 0.335122
2009-09-30 0.062222 0.322357
2009-07-01 0.062222 0.380433
2009-04-01 0.062222 0.529699
2008-12-30 0.062222 0.321321
2008-10-01 0.062222 0.239561
2008-07-02 0.062222 0.237811
2008-04-02 0.062222 0.224430
2008-01-02 0.057778 0.218488
2007-10-03 0.057778 0.206514
2007-07-03 0.057778 0.191318
2007-04-03 0.057778 0.198353
2007-01-03 0.057778 0.201676
2006-10-04 0.057778 0.203890
2006-07-05 0.057778 0.213011
2006-04-05 0.048889 0.191371
2006-01-03 0.048889 0.197133
2005-10-03 0.048889 0.209844
2005-07-01 0.048889 0.210205
2005-03-30 0.048889 0.210930
2005-01-03 0.048889 0.193731
2004-10-04 0.048889 0.203403
2004-06-30 0.048889 0.204461
2004-03-31 0.048889 0.204499
2004-01-05 0.048889 0.240333
2003-10-01 0.048889 0.264742
2003-07-01 0.040000 0.240770
2003-04-01 0.040000 0.247389
2003-01-06 0.040000 0.237217
2002-10-02 0.040000 0.258102
2002-07-02 0.040000 0.244898
2002-04-03 0.040000 0.225113
2002-01-08 0.040000 0.235171
2001-10-03 0.017778 0.100126
2001-07-03 0.040000 0.222058
2001-04-04 0.040000 0.236842
2001-01-05 0.040000 0.264706
2000-10-06 0.040000 0.315098
2000-07-05 0.040000 0.359102
2000-04-05 0.040000 0.381963
2000-01-05 0.040000 0.324324
1999-10-06 0.040000 0.330275
1999-07-07 0.040000 0.257143
1999-04-07 0.040000 0.280702
1999-01-06 0.040000 0.251748
1998-11-09 2.760889 16.187623
1998-10-21 0.057778 0.324494
1998-07-08 0.066667 0.329220
1998-04-07 0.066667 0.317462
1997-12-30 0.066667 0.353463
1997-10-01 0.066667 0.368665
1997-06-27 0.064444 0.401381
1997-04-02 0.064444 0.528470
1996-12-31 0.064444 0.574253
1996-10-02 0.064444 0.632148
1996-07-02 0.064444 0.660964
1996-04-02 0.064444 0.644440
1996-01-03 0.064444 0.635612
1995-10-04 0.064444 0.686386
1995-07-05 0.062222 0.749161
1995-04-03 0.062222 0.674696
1994-12-30 0.062222 0.802865
1994-10-03 0.062222 0.643676
1994-07-01 0.062222 0.715652
1994-04-04 0.062222 0.722578
1994-01-03 0.062222 0.622220
1993-10-04 0.062222 0.505642
1993-07-02 0.059333 0.512227
1993-04-02 0.059333 0.455435
1993-01-04 0.059333 0.462335
1992-10-09 0.059333 0.539391
1992-07-06 0.059259 0.603771
1992-04-06 0.059259 0.700216
1992-01-06 0.059259 0.686692
1991-10-03 0.059259 0.798001
1991-07-03 0.059259 0.837693
1991-04-04 0.051852 0.600860
1991-01-04 0.051852 0.712470
1990-10-03 0.051852 0.833336
1990-07-03 0.051852 0.738788
1990-04-04 0.051852 0.762945
1990-01-04 0.051852 0.618103
1989-10-04 0.051852 0.714288
1989-07-05 0.044444 0.781751
1989-04-05 0.044444 0.902247
1989-01-05 0.044444 0.987644
1988-10-07 0.044444 0.952371
1988-07-11 0.044444 0.937491
1988-04-04 0.037037 0.862068
1988-01-07 0.037037 0.970873
1987-10-08 0.037037 0.813007
1987-07-09 0.037037 0.884955
1987-04-06 0.037037 0.819671
1987-01-08 0.037037 0.854700
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.32
dividendYield 0.75
exDividendDate 2026-10-05
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.2
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0068267155
lastDividendValue 0.33
lastDividendDate 2026-07-06
dividendDate 2026-10-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.25601995
Address1 7,677 Henneman Way
All Time High 191.55
All Time Low 2.518519
Ask 178.38
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 473,320
Average Daily Volume3 Month 632,653
Average Volume 632,653
Average Volume10Days 473,320
Beta 0.472
Bid 168.79
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 5
Book Value 79.89
City McKinney
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 9
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 172.79
Current Ratio 0.795
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 177.0
Day Low 172.7
Debt To Equity 55.675
Display Name Globe Life
Dividend Date 1,793,318,400
Dividend Rate 1.32
Dividend Yield 0.75
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,818,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,818,800
Earnings Growth 0.197
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.138
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,750,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,612,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,612,800
Ebitda 1,680,269,056
Ebitda Margins 0.27136
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.671
Enterprise To Revenue 2.624
Enterprise Value 16,250,684,416
Eps Current Year 15.71031
Eps Forward 16.51824
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 14.79
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,791,158,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 972 569 3282
Fifty Day Average 178.501
Fifty Day Average Change -5.711014
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.031994294
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 25.601995
Fifty Two Week High 191.55
Fifty Two Week High Change -18.76001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.09793793
Fifty Two Week Low 127.85
Fifty Two Week Low Change 44.939995
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.35150564
Fifty Two Week Range 127.85 - 191.55
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 339,255,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.8
Float Shares 76,134,747
Forward Eps 16.51824
Forward P E 10.460557
Free Cashflow 1,163,503,360
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 3,695
Fullday Change -2.99001
Fullday Change Percent -1.70099
Fullday Price 172.79
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.33905998
Gross Profits 2,099,422,976
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00703
Held Percent Institutions 0.87499
Implied Shares Outstanding 76,849,447
Industry Insurance - Life
Industry Disp Insurance - Life
Industry Key insurance-life
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,783,296,000
Last Dividend Value 0.33
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,404,259,200
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary Globe Life Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various life and supplemental health insurance products to lower middle- and middle-income families in the United States. It operates in three segments: Life Insurance, Supplemental Health Insurance, and Investments. The company offers whole, term, and other life insurance products, as well as life insurance for children; Medicare supplement and limited-benefit supplemental health insurance products, such as accident, cancer, critical illness, heart, intensive care, and other health products; and final expense, accidental death, mortgage protection, and hospital insurance products. It sells its products through direct-to-consumer channels, exclusive independent agents, general agency independent agents, and brokers. The company was formerly known as Torchmark Corporation and changed its name to Globe Life Inc. in August 2019. Globe Life Inc. was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in McKinney, Texas.
Long Name Globe Life Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 13,278,815,232
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_308916
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 1,212,199,040
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 13,508,595,793
Number Of Analyst Opinions 11
Open 176.53
Operating Cashflow 1,391,577,984
Operating Margins 0.24642
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.0798
Peg Ratio 1.3
Phone 972 569 4000
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 172.79
Post Market Time 1,787,959,804
Previous Close 175.78
Price Eps Current Year 10.998509
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.162849
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.144526
Profit Margins 0.19577
Quick Ratio 0.64
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -2.99001
Regular Market Change Percent -1.70099
Regular Market Day High 177.0
Regular Market Day Low 172.7
Regular Market Day Range 172.7 - 177.0
Regular Market Open 176.53
Regular Market Previous Close 175.78
Regular Market Price 172.79
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 454,851
Return On Assets 0.03358
Return On Equity 0.20944999
Revenue Growth 0.08
Revenue Per Share 78.36
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 76,849,447
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0005
Shares Short 38,006
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 57,039
Short Name Globe Life Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.00059999997
Short Ratio 0.06
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol GL
Target High Price 225.0
Target Low Price 166.0
Target Mean Price 193.90909
Target Median Price 192.0
Total Cash 455,380,992
Total Cash Per Share 5.926
Total Debt 3,427,248,896
Total Revenue 6,191,958,016
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.2
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0068267155
Trailing Eps 14.79
Trailing P E 11.682894
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 152.7503
Two Hundred Day Average Change 20.039688
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.13119246
Type Disp Equity
Volume 454,851
Website https://home.globelifeinsurance.com
Zip 75,070