Q2 EPS Estimate for Great-West Lifeco Lowered by Analyst

Great-West Lifeco Inc. (TSE:GWO) – Investment analysts at National Bank Financial cut their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Great-West Lifeco in a report issued on Wednesday, May 7th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine now anticipates that the company will earn $1.14 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.16. The consensus estimate for Great-West Lifeco’s current full-year earnings is $4.45 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Great-West Lifeco’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.16 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.18 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.58 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.98 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of Great-West Lifeco from C$48.00 to C$47.00 in a research report on Friday, April 11th. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on shares of Great-West Lifeco from C$58.00 to C$57.00 in a report on Monday, April 21st. Royal Bank of Canada set a C$53.00 price objective on shares of Great-West Lifeco and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 15th. CIBC reduced their target price on Great-West Lifeco from C$60.00 to C$57.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, Cibc World Mkts raised Great-West Lifeco from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of C$55.56.

Great-West Lifeco Stock Up 0.7 %

Shares of TSE GWO opened at C$52.21 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of C$48.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.95, a P/E/G ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 0.84. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is C$53.05 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$50.14. Great-West Lifeco has a twelve month low of C$38.44 and a twelve month high of C$57.61.

Great-West Lifeco Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 31st were paid a $0.61 dividend. This represents a $2.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.67%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd. This is a positive change from Great-West Lifeco’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.56. Great-West Lifeco’s payout ratio is 50.79%.

Insider Activity at Great-West Lifeco

In other Great-West Lifeco news, Director Edmund Francis Murphy sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$52.31, for a total value of C$784,695.00. Also, Director Charles Donald Harvey Henaire sold 26,100 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$53.00, for a total transaction of C$1,383,300.00. Insiders sold 139,557 shares of company stock worth $7,395,818 in the last ninety days. 70.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Great-West Lifeco Company Profile

Great-West Lifeco is one of the three big Canadian life insurance firms. With just under half of the firm’s profit and revenue in Canada, Great-West also operates in the U.S. and Europe. In Canada, Great-West provides both individual and group insurance. In the United States, Great-West operates Putnam Investments and defined-contribution recordkeeping firm Empower Retirement.