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Globe Life (Globe Life) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 9.65% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Globe Life Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Globe Life's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $13,429 Mil. Globe Life's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,341 Mil. Globe Life's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.65%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Globe Life's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

GL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.22   Med: 9.34   Max: 16.94
Current: 14.68

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Globe Life was 16.94%. The lowest was 7.22%. And the median was 9.34%.

GL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
73.93% of 491 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 5.59 vs GL: 14.68

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Globe Life's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 22.98%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Globe Life Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Globe Life's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Globe Life Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Globe Life Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.87 8.42 12.05 8.74 9.65

Globe Life Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.42 9.43 10.12 9.65 -

Competitive Comparison of Globe Life's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Globe Life's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Globe Life's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Globe Life's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Globe Life's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Globe Life Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Globe Lifes Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1296.582/13428.793036
=9.66 %

Globe Life's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,341 Mil.



Globe Life  (NYSE:GL) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Globe Life (Globe Life) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3700 South Stonebridge Drive, McKinney, TX, USA, 75070
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 four reportable segments: life insurance, supplemental health insurance, annuities, 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.
Executives
Jennifer Allison Haworth officer: EVP & Chief Marketing Officer 3700 S. STONEBRIDGE DRIVE, MCKINNEY TX 75070
Melissa Jane Buchan director 1920 MAIN STREET, SUITE 500, IRVINE CA 92614
Dolores L Skarjune officer: EVP & Chief Admin. Officer 3700 S. STONEBRIDGE DRIVE, MCKINNEY TX 75070
Rebecca E Zorn officer: EVP & Chief Talent Officer 3700 S. STONEBRIDGE DRIVE, MCKINNEY TX 75070
Michael Clay Majors officer: EVP - Investor Rel. & Admin. UNITED AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, 3700 SOUTH STONEBRIDGE DRIVE, MCKINNEY TX 75070
Frank M Svoboda officer: EVP & CFO 3340 PECAN HOLLOW CT, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
James Matthew Darden officer: EVP, Chief Strategy Officer 2904 BELCLAIRE DRIVE, FRISCO TX 75034
Michael Shane Henrie officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer UNITED AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, 3700 SOUTH STONEBRIDGE DRIVE, MCKINNEY TX 75070
Robert Brian Mitchell officer: EVP, General Counsel and CRO 3120 HARVEY PKWY, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73118
Cheryl Alston director 3700 S. STONEBRIDGE DRIVE, MCKINNEY TX 75070
David A Rodriguez director 10400 FERNWOOD ROAD, BETHESDA MD 20817
Alice S Cho director P.O. BOX 30918, BILLINGS MT 59116-0918
Steven John Dichiaro other: Exec. Officer of Principal Sub 2152 SEVEN LAKES DR, LOVELAND CO 80538
Gary L Coleman director, officer: Co-Chairman & CEO
Larry M Hutchison director, officer: Co-Chaiman & CEO P O BOX 8080, MCKINNEY TX 75010

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