Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Insurance
  • ISIN: CA39138C1068
CAD
91.49
-0.65 (-0.71%)
  • Price Points
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Sun Life Financial, Inc.
Great-West Lifeco, Inc.
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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
Flat results in Jun 26
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at CAD 4,218 MM
  • NET PROFIT(Q) Lowest at CAD 1,131.71 MM
3
With ROE of 17.35%, it has a attractive valuation with a 2.83 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 70.06%, its profits have risen by 19.7% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.7
4
Majority shareholders : FIIs
5
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 70.06% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P/TSX 60 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  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.
72.62%
16.55
16.72%
S&P/TSX 60
29.63%
2.33
12.07%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-5.76%
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
12.41%
Dividend Payout Ratio
56.94%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.01%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
13.80%
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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
16
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.83
EV to EBIT
NA
EV to EBITDA
182.93
EV to Capital Employed
2.79
EV to Sales
1.75
PEG Ratio
0.70
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
ROE (Latest)
17.35%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Bullish
Bullish
OBV
Bullish
Bullish
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

6What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Highest at 16.01%

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at CAD 0

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 1.82 %

-4What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at CAD 4,218 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at CAD 1,131.71 MM

Here's what is working for Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

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)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 1.82 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

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

Here's what is not working for Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at CAD 4,218 MM and Fallen
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (CAD MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at CAD 1,131.71 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (CAD MM)