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Globe Life (GL) stock

Life and health insurance , market cap $12B

$159.99
+0.57%

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Quality Score
3
Below Average
In its industry
#14of 16

GL's Quality Score fell 1 point on Fri, Oct 30, to 3. Made no higher high and higher low.

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Why is GL down?

Down 8% on Oct 23, and still 6% under its Oct 22 close.

  • Piper Sandler downgraded it on Oct 23 (Yahoo Finance and 1 more).

Sources: Price history, Oct 23, 2026; Yahoo Finance, Oct 23, 2026

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Key facts on GL

Key facts on GL
The companyProfit up 14% to $1.2B
Its scoreDown:Lowest Quality Score since Jan 2025 Scores before Sep 10, 2026 were rebuilt.
Latest filing8-K, Oct 21 Reported its quarterly results
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GL in the news

Fri Oct 23Globe Life Inc Stock (GL) Moved Down by 7.74% on Oct 23: Drivers Behind the Movement tradingkey and 1 more GL closed −8.1% that day.

GL catalysts

Coming up

After its last 4 reports it closed -1.1% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.

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Why GL scores 3

Below Averagefor quality, not price, 0 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means

  • +1Long-term trend below a rising 200-⁠day average
  • +1Size $12.3B, large cap
  • Profit addsRead on the last four quarters against the four before, or the last full year where no quarters are filed.
  • News adds
  • Insider trades subtracts

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Nothing is firing on GL right now

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Buying1 of 3 shown
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GL RSI today: 40.5, below its 50-day, above its 200-day

Not scored

Not in the Quality Score: over 20 years of tests, 2006 to 2026, they added no edge.

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How GL ranks in Life Insurance

GL is #14 of 16 by Quality Score.

How GL ranks in Life Insurance
14Globe Life (GL) logoGLGlobe Life3

Share count against a year before: GL -5.4%, BHF +0.2%, PRI -5.1%.

More in Life Insurance

When does GL report earnings, and what happens after?

Expected to report Wed Feb 3, after the close (in 93 days). Expected.

What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.

What GL reported on Oct 21, 2026

The quarter

Revenue of $1.6B, 5% more than a year ago.

The quarter that ended Sep 30, from the company's press release

The press releaseThe filing on EDGAR

Where the sales came from

GL's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.

The outlook

The outlook the company gave, by period
MeasureFigure
Full year 2026
Share repurchases$725M to $775Mraised

Figures as filed (SEC filing, Oct 21)

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The numbers

Market value
$12B
today
Sales
$6.2B
up 5.2% on the year

Sales grew 4.8% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.

Pays $1.32 a share a year.

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ReportedGapReaction5
sessions
Oct 21, 2026After close-2.8%-0.7%-6.6%
Jul 22, 2026After close-7.5%-7.0%-2.4%
Apr 22, 2026After close-0.8%+1.8%+0.8%

GL closed higher after 2 of its last 4 reports.

All 4 reports, and GL's Quality Score going into each

GL sales and profit by year

Sales and profit by year

Sales grew every year from 2018 to 2025, to $6B. It made a profit in each of the eight years.

Insiders trading GL

GL insider trades

10 insiders sold $49.3M across 42 filings in the last 6 months. No open-⁠market buys on record. The newest:

SellMichael Clay Majors$2.2MEVP - Chief Strategy Officerat $154.48 on Oct 23, filed Oct 26
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GL trades by Congress and the executive branch

3 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:

BuyAlan Armstrong$1K to $15KSenatetraded Mar 27, disclosed Jul 21(116 days later)
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GL's officers and directors

Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.

18 more officers and directors file at GL. Each page above names the rest.

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Which ETFs hold GL?

In ETFs: GL is under 0.1% of VIG, under 0.1% of DGRO, and under 0.1% of IVV, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.

About Globe Life

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.

3,695 employeesMcKinney, TXglobelifeinsurance.com

GL's score card

Globe Life (GL): Quality Score 3, Below Average, #14 of 16 in Life Insurance, with its price, on Breakaway
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BreakawayJul 21Alan Armstrong bought GL$1K to $15K, disclosed Jul 21

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Straight Answers

As of Nov 2, 2026: GL's Quality Score is 3 (Below Average), #14 of 16 in Life Insurance. Insiders sold $49.3M in the last 6 months (Form 4).

Is GL a good stock to buy? What its Quality Score says

GL scores 3 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #14 of 16 in Life Insurance by Quality Score, with 0 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 8% on Oct 23, and still 6% under its Oct 22 close. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.

What is GL's Quality Score?

GL scores 3 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #14 of 16 in Life Insurance by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind GL's 3.

Are insiders buying GL?

10 insiders sold $49.3M across 42 filings in the last 6 months. No open-⁠market buys on record. The newest is Michael Clay Majors, EVP - Chief Strategy Officer, who sold $2.2M on Oct 23. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.

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