Yahoo · Oct 30, 2026
Globe Life: 3 Key Takeaways for Long-Term Investors
Repricing health insurance and agency incentives aim to restore profitability after claims volatility tested margins.
NASDAQ · GL
Globe Life Inc.
Financial Services · Insurance - Life
$159.08
Down-$1.37 (-0.85%)
Updated Nov 2, 2026, 11:41 AM
SID Score
6.8/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 11.07B
- P/E ratio
- 10.09
- Dividend yield
- 0.83%
- 52-week range
- $135.07 – $191.55
- Volume
- 602.28K
- Avg. volume
- 568.49K
Price performance · GL
GL price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 30, 2026
GL closed at $159.08 after 20 trading sessions, down 4.12% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $159.08
- Period change
- -4.12%
- Period low
- $154.79
- Period high
- $169.72
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | $162.16 | $162.16 | $158.415 | $159.08 | 602.28K |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $160.51 | $162.055 | $159.425 | $160.45 | 641.65K |
| Oct 28, 2026 | $157.47 | $158.76 | $156.20 | $158.37 | 580.26K |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $157.06 | $157.725 | $155.07 | $156.99 | 563.29K |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $155.62 | $159.455 | $155.62 | $156.82 | 1.02M |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $166.06 | $166.34 | $154.085 | $154.79 | 1.65M |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $164.95 | $168.60 | $161.52 | $168.41 | 1.74M |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $170.83 | $171.03 | $169.20 | $169.62 | 472.56K |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $166.09 | $170.105 | $165.98 | $169.72 | 442.12K |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $168.33 | $169.52 | $166.68 | $167.85 | 404.39K |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $168.33 | $169.51 | $167.17 | $168.77 | 357.19K |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $169.62 | $170.00 | $166.995 | $167.59 | 382.41K |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $166.23 | $167.565 | $164.85 | $167.41 | 344.72K |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $166.21 | $167.305 | $164.405 | $166.01 | 355.6K |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $165.01 | $166.64 | $164.52 | $165.12 | 266.09K |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $166.01 | $166.51 | $164.14 | $164.17 | 353.74K |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $163.34 | $166.935 | $163.34 | $166.08 | 353.51K |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $164.38 | $165.41 | $163.04 | $163.41 | 569.21K |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $166.17 | $167.75 | $165.79 | $166.28 | 643.79K |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $165.14 | $166.30 | $164.35 | $165.92 | 375.49K |
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Company profile
Globe Life Inc is an insurance holding company. It provides a variety of life and supplemental health insurance products and annuities to a broad base of customers. The company's core operations are organized into three reportable segments: life insurance, supplemental health insurance and investments. Investment activities, conducted by the investment segment, focus on seeking investments with a yield and term appropriate to support the insurance product obligations. These investments generally consist of fixed maturities and, over the long term, the expected yields are considered when setting insurance premium rates and product profitability expectations.
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- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $168.00
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 20
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | — |
| Oct 23, 2026 | TD Cowen | Buy | — |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Evercore ISI Group | In-Line | — |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | — |
| Oct 15, 2026 | JP Morgan | Overweight | — |
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Yahoo · Oct 23, 2026
GL Q3 deep dive: Medicare claims and group health volatility weigh on margins
Insurance holding company Globe Life (NYSE:GL) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q3 2026, with sales up 6% year on year to $1.61 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $4.84 per share was 1.1% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
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Yahoo · Oct 23, 2026
Globe Life Sinks 8% as Piper Sandler Downgrade Says It’s No Longer a “Predictable Safe Haven”
Key TakeawaysGlobe Life shares fell 8% after Piper Sandler downgraded the stock to Neutral from Overweight and cut its price target to $165 from $200. Piper Sandler says Globe Life is no longer a predictable safe haven, pointing to bigger medical claims, irregular Medicare supplement claims and softer 2027 guidance.
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