Globe Life Inc. (GL) earnings on July 22, 2026
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Missed
Globe Life shares fell 8% after earnings, as profit missed estimates despite higher revenue. The company raised its full-year outlook.
GL price around the earnings
171.08
Change: -7.0%
2026-07-23, 20:00 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
168.41
173.78
179.15
184.52
184.00
July 22, 2026
July 22, 2026
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Missed
- Thesis published
- Results released
Trajectory +24.0, strong trend strength with analyst upgrades, but limited upside and mixed earnings create mixed setup.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Trajectory fluctuated but stabilized at +24.0; strong trend strength and analyst upgrades offset by limited upside.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.91
- Analysts covering the stock
- 11
- Average price target
- 191.27
- Lowest price target
- 150
- Highest price target
- 225
- Upside to price target
- 4.5%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 6.3%
- Revenue growth
- 5.4%
- Forward EPS
- 16.61
- Trailing EPS
- 14.45
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 10
- Strong buy: 4
- Buy: 4
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 4
- Buy
- 4
- Hold
- 3
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- July 22, 2026 · TD Cowen: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- July 21, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- July 15, 2026 · Piper Sandler: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- July 13, 2026 · Evercore ISI Group: Maintains rating (In-Line → In-Line)
- July 13, 2026 · Keefe, Bruyette & Woods: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
- July 10, 2026 · Jefferies: Maintains rating (Hold → Hold)
- July 9, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- July 6, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- June 23, 2026 · TD Cowen: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- May 26, 2026 · Piper Sandler: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (9)
- TD Cowen Maintains Buy on Globe Life, Raises Price Target to $225 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- JP Morgan Maintains Overweight on Globe Life, Raises Price Target to $201 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on Globe Life, Raises Price Target to $200 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Evercore ISI Group Maintains In-Line on Globe Life, Raises Price Target to $176 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Maintains Outperform on Globe Life, Raises Price Target to $192 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Jefferies Maintains Hold on Globe Life, Raises Price Target to $166 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Wells Fargo Maintains Overweight on Globe Life, Raises Price Target to $193 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Morgan Stanley Maintains Overweight on Globe Life, Raises Price Target to $208 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- TD Cowen Maintains Buy on Globe Life, Raises Price Target to $215 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 1.5%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -0.9%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +4.3%
- 30-day change (33d)
- +8.0%
- 30-day relative strength
- +7.8%
- SPY change (33d)
- +0.2%
- Nearest support
- 183.36
- Nearest resistance
- 184.63
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 0.95
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +1.0%
- April 22, 2026: actual EPS 3.43 vs estimate 3.48 (surprise -1.4%)
- February 4, 2026: actual EPS 3.39 vs estimate 3.44 (surprise -1.3%)
- October 22, 2025: actual EPS 4.81 vs estimate 4.54 (surprise +5.9%)
- July 23, 2025: actual EPS 3.27 vs estimate 3.25 (surprise +0.8%)
Expected move
- Implied move
- +1.6%
- Source
- Options chain
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 1.8%
- 75th percentile move
- 2.7%
- 90th percentile move
- 5.1%
- Up / down moves
- 8 / 11
- Average up move
- +3.4%
- Average down move
- -2.3%
Monitoring and close
What Globe Life Inc. reported
- Status
- Pending
| Actual EPS | 3.61 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 3.68 |
| EPS surprise | -1.9% |
| Revenue | $1,600 million |
| Revenue estimate | $1,589 million |
| Revenue surprise | +0.7% |
Sources (1)
- Globe Life reported adjusted earnings of $3.61 per share, missing the $3.68 estimate, but revenue of $1.600B beat the $1.589B estimate. — Benzinga
Pre-market second reading after the results
- Verdict
- Missed expectations
Heading into the open, the figures don't clearly confirm the prior scenario.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Missed
- Consolidated
- -7.0%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 0%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 8.5%