National Bank Financial Comments on TSE:GWO Q2 Earnings

Great-West Lifeco Inc. (TSE:GWO) – Equities research analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Great-West Lifeco in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 5th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine expects that the company will earn $1.20 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Great-West Lifeco’s current full-year earnings is $4.45 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Great-West Lifeco’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.22 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.21 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.85 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.13 EPS.

Great-West Lifeco (TSE:GWO) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported C$1.14 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of C$1.08 by C$0.06. Great-West Lifeco had a return on equity of 13.21% and a net margin of 11.32%. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.00 EPS.

GWO has been the subject of several other reports. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Great-West Lifeco from C$45.00 to C$46.00 in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on shares of Great-West Lifeco from C$42.00 to C$48.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price target on shares of Great-West Lifeco from C$47.00 to C$51.00 in a report on Friday, November 8th. CIBC increased their price objective on Great-West Lifeco from C$55.00 to C$56.00 in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, Scotiabank upgraded Great-West Lifeco from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, one has issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of C$47.88.

Great-West Lifeco Stock Performance

Shares of Great-West Lifeco stock opened at C$52.39 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is C$47.29 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$45.94. The company has a market capitalization of C$48.83 billion, a PE ratio of 13.16, a PEG ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a current ratio of 37.46, a quick ratio of 22.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.61. Great-West Lifeco has a 12 month low of C$38.44 and a 12 month high of C$52.39.

Great-West Lifeco Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a dividend of $0.555 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 3rd. This represents a $2.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.24%. Great-West Lifeco’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 55.78%.

Insider Transactions at Great-West Lifeco

In other news, Director Paul Mahon sold 146,826 shares of Great-West Lifeco stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of C$49.88, for a total value of C$7,323,842.39. Also, Senior Officer David Martin Harney sold 562 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$47.55, for a total value of C$26,721.58. Insiders sold a total of 174,613 shares of company stock valued at $8,697,880 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 70.70% of the company’s stock.

About Great-West Lifeco

Great-West Lifeco Inc engages in the life and health insurance, retirement and investment services, asset management, and reinsurance businesses in Canada, the United States, and Europe. The company offers life, accidental death and dismemberment, disability, critical illness, health and dental protection, and creditor insurance products; and retirement and wealth savings, income and annuity products, and other specialty products to individuals, families, businesses, and organizations.