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Globe Life
Life & Health Insurance · Financials · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$171.46
-3.7% on the session
1-year return
+27.1%
+19.9% over six months
Volatility
20.1%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-10.9%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Globe Life is a life & health insurance name in the financials sector. Over the past year it returned +27.1%, against +14.6% over three months and -7.0% over one. It trades 13.5% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 20.1% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -10.9%, and it has traded a median $101M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.20 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Financials#13 of 76
Stronger than 84% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#63 of 500

How GL scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 4 others in Life & Health Insurance.

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Full metrics
1 day-3.7%
1 week-3.6%
1 month-7.0%
3 months+14.6%
6 months+19.9%
1 year+27.1%
12-1 momentum+36.7%
Volatility (1y, annualized)20.1%
Max drawdown (1y)-10.9%
Distance vs 200-day average+13.5%
Return per unit of risk1.35
Median daily dollar volume$101M
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