Globe Life vs Genworth Financial
GL and GNW side by side, both in life insurance. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How GL and GNW compare
Globe Life is the larger company, worth 3.9 times as much as Genworth Financial ($12.3B against $3.2B).
On earnings, Globe Life is cheaper: it trades at 10.7× trailing earnings, against 64.7× for Genworth Financial.
Globe Life grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.6% versus −0.59% for Genworth Financial).
Globe Life keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 18.9% compared with 0.76% at Genworth Financial.
Globe Life pays a dividend yielding 0.79%; Genworth Financial does not pay one.
Globe Life scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 3 for Genworth Financial), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | GL | GNW |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $12.3B | $3.2B |
| Share price | $160.11 | $8.41 |
| Change, 1 year | 21.0% | −0.94% |
| Change, 5 years | 73.2% | 109% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.55 | 0.65 |
| Employees | 3,695 | 3,100 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.7× (better) | 64.7× |
| P/S | 2.0× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 1.9× | 0.4× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 3.5× |
| P/FCF | 9.2× | – |
| PEG | 0.67 | – |
| FCF yield | 10.8% | – |
| Fair value | $158.48 | – |
| Margin of safety | −1.0% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.6% (better) | −0.59% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.8% (better) | −2.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 3.1% (better) | −75.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 8.3% (better) | −75.5% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 15.6% (better) | 9.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 18.9% (better) | 0.76% |
| FCF margin | 21.3% | – |
| Return on equity | 19.3% (better) | 0.63% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.45 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.94 (better) | 0.14 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.79% | – |
| Payout ratio | 7.9% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 7.6% | – |
| Buyback yield | 6.3% | 9.6% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 7.1% | 9.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 84.7% | 86.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.85% | 4.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$82.9M | −$3.3M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.9% | 2.3% |
Go deeper
- GL stock overview
- GL income statement
- GL valuation and score
- GNW stock overview
- GNW income statement
- GNW valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.