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).
GL's Quality Score fell 1 point on Fri, Oct 30, to 3. Made no higher high and higher low.
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Down 8% on Oct 23, and still 6% under its Oct 22 close.
| The company | Profit up 14% to $1.2B |
| Its score | Down:Lowest Quality Score since Jan 2025 |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 21 |
After its last 4 reports it closed -1.1% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
Below Averagefor quality, not price, 0 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
GL is #14 of 16 by Quality Score.
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Share count against a year before: GL -5.4%, BHF +0.2%, PRI -5.1%.
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.
Revenue of $1.6B, 5% more than a year ago.
GL's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Share repurchases | $725M to $775M |
Sales grew 4.8% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $1.32 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | -2.8% | -0.7% | -6.6% |
| Jul 22, 2026 | -7.5% | -7.0% | -2.4% |
| Apr 22, 2026 | -0.8% | +1.8% | +0.8% |
Sales grew every year from 2018 to 2025, to $6B. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
10 insiders sold $49.3M across 42 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
3 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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