Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Insurance
  • ISIN: CA39138C1068
CAD
63.13
0.19 (0.3%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Comparison
Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Power Corp. of Canada
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Manulife Financial Corp.
Great-West Lifeco, Inc.
Sun Life Financial, Inc.
Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd.
Why is Great-West Lifeco, Inc. ?
1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 13.80%
2
The company has declared Positive results for the last 4 consecutive quarters
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at 2 %
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at CAD 0
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 110.89
3
With ROE of 15.29%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.75 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 18.44%, its profits have fallen by -3.7%
4
Majority shareholders : FIIs
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report
Verdict Report
How much should you buy?
  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Great-West Lifeco, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Insurance should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Insurance)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Great-West Lifeco, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Great-West Lifeco, Inc.
29.31%
6.01
20.23%
S&P/TSX 60
19.1%
1.54
14.62%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-3.32%
EBIT Growth (5y)
0
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
15.10%
Dividend Payout Ratio
53.11%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.01%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
13.80%
stock-recommendationValuation
Valuation Scorecard stock-summary
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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
13
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.93
EV to EBIT
NA
EV to EBITDA
125.97
EV to Capital Employed
1.92
EV to Sales
1.18
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
ROE (Latest)
15.29%
stock-recommendationTechnicals
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Bullish
No Trend
OBV
Bullish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend
Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary
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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

8What is working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 2 %

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at CAD 0

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 110.89

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0% (YoY

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at CAD 1,245.61 MM

0What is not working for the Company
NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS
Here's what is working for Great-West Lifeco, Inc.
Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 110.89
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 2 % and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Dividend per share
Highest at CAD 0 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (CAD)

Net Profit
Highest at CAD 1,245.61 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (CAD MM)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 0% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at CAD 112 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (CAD MM)