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Life Insurance Stocks

DeltaScreener covers 18 Life Insurance companies listed on the NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX. The table below shows the 18 largest by market capitalisation; every figure on this page is a median across those 18, not an average, because a handful of loss-making micro-caps would otherwise distort it.

Companies18
Combined market cap$334.01B
Median P/E11.6
Median ROE11.4%
Dividend payers13 of 18

Across the largest Life Insurance companies, the median price-to-earnings ratio is 11.6, median return on equity is 11.4%, the median net margin is 6.5%, 13 of the 18 largest pay a dividend.

Largest Life Insurance companies

TickerCompany PriceMarket capP/EROE Yield
MFC Manulife Financial Corporation $44.26 $73.44B 16.53 12.98% 3.28%
MET MetLife, Inc. $98.82 $62.80B 18.61 12.95% 2.43%
AFL AFLAC Incorporated $120.51 $60.42B 12.20 16.42% 2.15%
PRU Prudential Financial, Inc. $114.99 $39.67B 10.71 12.00% 4.69%
PUK Prudential Public Limited Company $23.70 $29.11B 8.84 18.25% 1.43%
UNM Unum Group $90.28 $14.29B 20.94 6.43% 2.25%
GL Globe Life Inc. $154.79 $11.90B 10.89 20.28% 0.80%
JXN Jackson Financial Inc. $130.19 $8.82B 164.41 1.04% 2.74%
PRI Primerica, Inc. $274.43 $8.45B 11.06 32.55% 1.74%
LNC Lincoln National Corporation $39.84 $7.63B 3.36 21.99% 4.47%
CNO CNO Financial Group, Inc. $53.66 $4.96B 18.13 10.82% 1.34%
GNW Genworth Financial Inc $8.91 $3.37B 17.52 2.42% —
LIFE Ethos Technologies Inc. $43.10 $2.80B — — —
FG F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. $20.66 $2.74B 7.31 8.86% 4.56%
BHF Brighthouse Financial, Inc. $45.41 $2.61B 3.93 13.17% —
ABX Abacus Global Management, Inc. $8.30 $811.68M 28.29 6.56% 9.67%
CIA Citizens, Inc. Class A Common Stock ($1.00 Par) $3.60 $182.32M 15.16 4.96% —
AAME Atlantic American Corporation $1.24 $25.29M 6.74 — —

Highest dividend yield in Life Insurance

TickerCompany PriceMarket capP/EROE Yield
ABX Abacus Global Management, Inc. $8.30 $811.68M 28.29 6.56% 9.67%
PRU Prudential Financial, Inc. $114.99 $39.67B 10.71 12.00% 4.69%
FG F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. $20.66 $2.74B 7.31 8.86% 4.56%
LNC Lincoln National Corporation $39.84 $7.63B 3.36 21.99% 4.47%
MFC Manulife Financial Corporation $44.26 $73.44B 16.53 12.98% 3.28%
JXN Jackson Financial Inc. $130.19 $8.82B 164.41 1.04% 2.74%
MET MetLife, Inc. $98.82 $62.80B 18.61 12.95% 2.43%
UNM Unum Group $90.28 $14.29B 20.94 6.43% 2.25%
AFL AFLAC Incorporated $120.51 $60.42B 12.20 16.42% 2.15%
PRI Primerica, Inc. $274.43 $8.45B 11.06 32.55% 1.74%

Lowest P/E in Life Insurance

Companies reporting a loss are excluded, since a negative P/E is not a valuation measure.

TickerCompany PriceMarket capP/EROE
LNC Lincoln National Corporation $39.84 $7.63B 3.36 21.99%
BHF Brighthouse Financial, Inc. $45.41 $2.61B 3.93 13.17%
AAME Atlantic American Corporation $1.24 $25.29M 6.74 —
FG F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. $20.66 $2.74B 7.31 8.86%
PUK Prudential Public Limited Company $23.70 $29.11B 8.84 18.25%
PRU Prudential Financial, Inc. $114.99 $39.67B 10.71 12.00%
GL Globe Life Inc. $154.79 $11.90B 10.89 20.28%
PRI Primerica, Inc. $274.43 $8.45B 11.06 32.55%
AFL AFLAC Incorporated $120.51 $60.42B 12.20 16.42%
CIA Citizens, Inc. Class A Common Stock ($1.00 Par) $3.60 $182.32M 15.16 4.96%

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Life Insurance stocks — frequently asked questions

How many Life Insurance stocks are there?

DeltaScreener covers 18 Life Insurance companies on the NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX.

What is the largest Life Insurance company?

Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC) is the largest Life Insurance company by market capitalisation, at $73.44B.

What is a typical P/E ratio for Life Insurance stocks?

Across the 18 largest Life Insurance companies the median price-to-earnings ratio is 11.6. Individual companies vary widely, and loss-making companies have no meaningful P/E at all.

Which Life Insurance stock has the highest dividend yield?

Abacus Global Management, Inc. (ABX) has the highest dividend yield among Life Insurance stocks at 9.67%. A high yield can reflect a falling share price as much as a generous dividend.

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