Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Insurance
  • ISIN: CA39138C1068
CAD
62.95
-1.23 (-1.92%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Power Corp. of Canada
Sun Life Financial, Inc.
Sagicor Financial Co. Ltd.
Manulife Financial Corp.
Great-West Lifeco, 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
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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.
20.48%
6.01
20.23%
S&P/TSX 60
21.87%
1.54
14.62%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-4.11%
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
56.94%
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
2.05
EV to EBIT
NA
EV to EBITDA
73.35
EV to Capital Employed
12.03
EV to Sales
0.66
PEG Ratio
1.69
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
ROE (Latest)
16.28%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

10What is working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 125.29

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0% (YoY

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at CAD 0

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at CAD 15,462 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at CAD 1,538 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at CAD 1,451 MM

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

Lowest at CAD 2,708 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 9.95 %

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

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 125.29 and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Net Sales
At CAD 15,462 MM has Grown at 81.76%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very positive

Net Sales (CAD MM)

Net Sales
Highest at CAD 15,462 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (CAD MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at CAD 1,538 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (CAD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at CAD 1,451 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (CAD MM)

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

DPS (CAD)

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 2,708 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)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 9.95 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales