Great-West Lifeco Inc (GWLPF) Stock

About Great-West Lifeco Inc

Great-West Lifeco functions as a diversified financial services company, delivering a comprehensive suite of products and services. These offerings include various types of insurance (life and health), retirement planning solutions, asset management, recordkeeping for retirement plans, and reinsurance. Its operations are geographically spread across Canada, the United States, and Europe. In Canada, the company's domestic segment is a major earnings driver, contributing approximately 31% of adjusted earnings. Here, Great-West Lifeco holds leading market positions in group insurance, group retirement programs, and individual insurance policies. The U.S. market also plays a significant role, generating roughly 26% of adjusted earnings. Within the United States, the company is notably a dominant player in the recordkeeping sector, managing the nation's second-largest operation under its Empower brand. Europe constitutes another key region, with its segment accounting for around 21% of adjusted earnings. Great-West Lifeco maintains a strong foothold across several European countries, with a particularly robust presence in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Germany, where it provides a diverse range of products. Finally, the standalone reinsurance business contributes a considerable portion to the overall adjusted earnings, making up about 22%.

Great-West Lifeco Inc is headquartered in CA.

Great-West Lifeco Inc (GWLPF) stock trades at $17.06 with a market capitalization of $15.26B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.83, price-to-book of 2.63, price-to-sales of 2.22. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $13.25 and $17.06, and currently trades at its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 5.45%.

On profitability, Great-West Lifeco Inc generates a return on equity (ROE) of 15.48%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 0.81%, an operating margin of 20.48%, a net profit margin of 12.49%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Great-West Lifeco Inc reported annual revenue of $39.1B, net profit of $4.1B, revenue has compounded at -8.4% a year over the last five years, profit at 6.0% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 6.07, total assets of $862.8B, $8.2B in cash and equivalents.

GWLPF has an average daily trading volume of 89 shares, a beta of -0.06 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.greatwestlifeco.com