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GL (Globe Life) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.88 (As of May. 07, 2025)


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What is Globe Life Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-07), Globe Life's current share price is $120.96. Globe Life's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $64.46. Globe Life's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.88.

The historical rank and industry rank for Globe Life's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

GL' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.94   Med: 2.16   Max: 3.05
Current: 1.87

During the past years, Globe Life's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 3.05. The lowest was 0.94. And the median was 2.16.

GL's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
71.29% of 404 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.21 vs GL: 1.87

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Globe Life's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $63.177. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $64.46 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2024.

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Globe Life Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Globe Life's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Globe Life Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.10 1.74 2.05 1.98 1.73

Globe Life Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 1.85 1.29 1.65 1.73 -

Competitive Comparison of Globe Life's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Globe Life's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Globe Life's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Globe Life's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Globe Life Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Globe Life's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=120.96/64.46
=1.88

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* 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.

Globe Life's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Globe Life's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2024)
=63.177/133.1571*133.1571
=63.177

Current CPI (Dec. 2024) = 133.1571.

Globe Life Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201503 38.605 99.621 51.601
201506 34.382 100.684 45.471
201509 34.622 100.392 45.922
201512 33.142 99.792 44.223
201603 36.268 100.470 48.067
201606 40.698 101.688 53.293
201609 42.780 101.861 55.924
201612 38.692 101.863 50.579
201703 40.462 102.862 52.379
201706 43.467 103.349 56.004
201709 44.797 104.136 57.281
201712 54.379 104.011 69.617
201803 51.135 105.290 64.669
201806 49.340 106.317 61.796
201809 49.380 106.507 61.736
201812 48.921 105.998 61.456
201903 54.977 107.251 68.257
201906 61.346 108.070 75.587
201909 67.431 108.329 82.885
201912 67.715 108.420 83.165
202003 61.261 108.902 74.906
202006 73.728 108.767 90.261
202009 78.289 109.815 94.930
202012 84.502 109.897 102.387
202103 75.900 111.754 90.436
202106 84.345 114.631 97.976
202109 85.111 115.734 97.924
202112 86.804 117.630 98.263
202203 69.725 121.301 76.540
202206 54.588 125.017 58.142
202209 44.968 125.227 47.816
202212 40.827 125.222 43.414
202303 40.179 127.348 42.012
202306 41.901 128.729 43.342
202309 49.043 129.860 50.288
202312 47.838 129.419 49.220
202403 53.564 131.776 54.125
202406 58.059 132.554 58.323
202409 55.042 133.029 55.095
202412 63.177 133.157 63.177

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Globe Life  (NYSE:GL) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Globe Life Business Description

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 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.
Executives
Michael Shane Henrie officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer UNITED AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, 3700 SOUTH STONEBRIDGE DRIVE, MCKINNEY TX 75070
Robert Edward Hensley officer: EVP & Chief Investment Officer 3700 S. 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
Robert Brian Mitchell officer: EVP, General Counsel and CRO 3120 HARVEY PKWY, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73118
Mark A Blinn director 5215 N. O'CONNOR BLVD., SUITE 2300, IRVING TX 75039
Jennifer Allison Haworth officer: EVP & Chief Marketing Officer 3700 S. STONEBRIDGE DRIVE, MCKINNEY TX 75070
Mary E Thigpen director 3700 S. STONEBRIDGE DRIVE, MCKINNEY TX 75070
Thomas Peter Kalmbach officer: EVP & Chief Actuary 3700 S. STONEBRIDGE DRIVE, MCKINNEY TX 75070
Rebecca E Zorn officer: EVP & Chief Talent Officer 3700 S. STONEBRIDGE DRIVE, MCKINNEY TX 75070
David A Rodriguez director 10400 FERNWOOD ROAD, BETHESDA MD 20817
James Brannen director 5400 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
Steven Paul Johnson director 2613 PELICAN BAY DRIVE, PLANO TX 75093
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