Globe Life (GL)

Financial Services · Insurance - Life · S&P 500
$166.28 +0.22% on the day Market cap $12.6B 52-week range $127.85 to $191.55 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
-4% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $12.6B, Globe Life's free cash flow of $1.3B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about -4% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Globe Life's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price-4.1% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years-1.0% a year
Revenue, same period4.8% a year
Price to free cash flow10.1x

Fundamental grade

B

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from GL's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation8
Profitability6
Growth6
Financial health1
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)11.3x
P/E (forward)10.6x
Price / free cash flow10.1x
EV / EBITDA0.00x
Price / sales2.04x
Price / book2.15x
Revenue growth+8.0%
Operating margin—
Net margin19.6%
Return on equity19.7%
Dividend yield0.66%
Debt / equity4.13x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Globe Life's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$5.1B$5.2B$5.4B$5.8B$6.0B
Net income$1.0B$894M$971M$1.1B$1.2B
Free cash flow$1.4B$1.4B$1.4B$1.3B$1.3B
EPS (diluted)$9.99$9.04$10.07$11.94$14.07
Operating margin24.0%22.7%23.2%——

Superinvestors who own GL

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 4 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $271M0.09%Q2 2026
Richard Pzena
Pzena Investment Management
Added $242M0.71%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $45M0.10%Q2 2026
Tweedy, Browne
Tweedy, Browne Company
Trimmed $4M0.30%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Globe Life's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$139.82—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$139.82—

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does Globe Life's stock price imply?

At a market value of $12.6B, Globe Life would need its free cash flow to grow about -4% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -1% a year.

Are Globe Life insiders buying the stock?

2 open-market insider purchases of GL in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Globe Life?

4 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold GL in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Richard Pzena, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.