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GL

GL GLOBE LIFE INC

2026Q2 · CUSIP 37959E102 · Sector: Financials

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
680
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+26
Last quarter 654 → now 680
How unusual is that
Top 20%
Stronger buying than 87% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

680 funds held GL at the end of 2026Q2, up 26 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 87.4% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $6.2B(YoY +5.2%), the P/E is 11.5x, return on equity is 19.7%. GL has had 15 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +1.3% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Financials sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2016Q2: holders=1 2016Q3: holders=1 2016Q4: holders=2 2017Q1: holders=2 2017Q2: holders=2 2017Q3: holders=2 2017Q4: holders=2 2018Q1: holders=3 2018Q2: holders=3 2018Q3: holders=3 2018Q4: holders=3 2019Q1: holders=3 2019Q2: holders=5 2019Q3: holders=437 2019Q4: holders=461 2020Q1: holders=425 2020Q2: holders=451 2020Q3: holders=446 2020Q4: holders=484 2021Q1: holders=474 2021Q2: holders=460 2021Q3: holders=455 2021Q4: holders=458 2022Q1: holders=482 2022Q2: holders=455 2022Q3: holders=475 2022Q4: holders=519 2023Q1: holders=516 2023Q2: holders=537 2023Q3: holders=538 2023Q4: holders=580 2024Q1: holders=592 2024Q2: holders=501 2024Q3: holders=519 2024Q4: holders=563 2025Q1: holders=600 2025Q2: holders=635 2025Q3: holders=671 2025Q4: holders=679 2026Q1: holders=654 2026Q2: holders=680 -432 -216 +0 +216 +432 0357714 16Q217Q318Q420Q121Q222Q323Q425Q126Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 15 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 20%
2025Q3 Top 10% +9.8% +18.0%
2025Q2 Top 10% -2.9% +6.0%
2025Q1 Top 5% +12.2% +8.0%
2024Q4 Top 20% +0.4% +12.1%
2024Q3 Top 20% +11.9% +9.4%
2023Q4 Top 20% -31.3% -21.4%
2023Q2 Top 20% +4.4% +11.3%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
259
Change in large funds
+18
Total value they hold
$11.5B
Funds buying for the first time
111
Funds that sold out entirely
85
Price change that quarter
+10.4%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
5
Funds holding calls (bullish)
8

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
11.5
EPS (TTM)
$15.05
EPS YoY
+20.4%
Revenue (TTM)
$6.2B
Revenue YoY
+5.2%
Net margin
19.6%
ROE
19.7%
Debt ratio
80.5%
FCF (TTM)
$1.2B
Dividend (TTM)
$1.20
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2021-09-30: EPS 1.84 2021-12-31: EPS 4.53 2022-03-31: EPS 2.37 2022-06-30: EPS 2.26 2022-09-30: EPS 1.94 2022-12-31: EPS 2.46 2023-03-31: EPS 2.28 2023-06-30: EPS 2.24 2023-09-30: EPS 2.68 2023-12-31: EPS 2.88 2024-03-31: EPS 2.67 2024-06-30: EPS 2.83 2024-09-30: EPS 3.44 2024-12-31: EPS 3.00 2025-03-31: EPS 3.01 2025-06-30: EPS 3.05 2025-09-30: EPS 4.73 2025-12-31: EPS 3.28 2026-03-31: EPS 3.39 2026-06-30: EPS 3.65 0B 0.8B 1.6B $B 0.00 2.60 5.20 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202606/26 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 10 7 11 14 20222023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
0K235M469M 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $396M (2026-03-31)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-06-30 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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