Great-West Lifeco (TSX:GWO) Short Interest


TSX:GWO Great-West Lifeco Inc TSX:GWO
59 GF Score
Price C$88.72
GF Value C$52.35
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
! 8 Warning Signs
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What is Great-West Lifeco Short Interest?

Short Interest can be expressed as a percentage by dividing the number of shares sold short by the total number of outstanding shares.

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TSX:GWO vs AFL, MET, PRU: Short Interest Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Great-West Lifeco's Short Interest, along with its competitors' market caps and Short Interest 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.

Great-West Lifeco Short Interest vs Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Great-West Lifeco's Short Interest distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Great-West Lifeco's Short Interest falls into.


TSX:GWO
59GF Score
Great-West Lifeco Inc TSX:GWO
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Is Great-West Lifeco (TSX:GWO) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Great-West Lifeco stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of C$88.72 is trading 69.5% above its estimated GF Value™ of C$52.35. GuruFocus considers Great-West Lifeco to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for TSX:GWO:

  • Short Interest:
  • GF Value™: C$52.35 vs. price of C$88.72 (69.5% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 59/100 with 8 warning signs

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Great-West Lifeco Business Description

Address 100 Osborne Street North, Winnipeg, MB, CAN, R3C 1V3
Great-West Lifeco is one of the Big Three Canadian life insurers. The firm's Canadian business contributed around 31% of its 2025 adjusted earnings. The firm generates a further 29% of adjusted earnings from the United States, attributable to its recordkeeping business, Empower, and its US life insurance business. Great-West Lifeco also offers various products across European markets with a strong presence in the UK and Ireland, which collectively accounted for 20% of adjusted earnings, while the firm's reinsurance business accounts for the remainder. Great-West Lifeco had around CAD 3.5 trillion of assets under administration across its business segments at the end of December 2025.
59GF Score

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C$88.72
Price
C$52.35
GF Value