Great-West Lifeco Inc.

TSX:GWO Stock Report

Market Cap: CA$43.7b

Great-West Lifeco Valuation

Is GWO undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of GWO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: GWO (CA$47.37) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$117.71)

Significantly Below Fair Value: GWO is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for GWO?

Key metric: As GWO is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GWO. This is calculated by dividing GWO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GWO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio12.1x
EarningsCA$3.64b
Market CapCA$43.74b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does GWO's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for GWO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.7x
POW Power Corporation of Canada
12.9x9.1%CA$29.7b
MFC Manulife Financial
15.1x13.4%CA$77.5b
SLF Sun Life Financial
13.8x6.8%CA$49.3b
IAG iA Financial
12.8x7.5%CA$12.5b
GWO Great-West Lifeco
12.1x5.2%CA$43.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GWO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.1x) compared to the peer average (13.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does GWO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the North American Insurance Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GWO 12.1xIndustry Avg. 12.9xNo. of Companies13PE0816243240+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GWO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.1x) compared to the North American Insurance industry average (12.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GWO's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GWO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio12.1x
Fair PE Ratio13.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: GWO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.4x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst GWO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCA$47.37
CA$49.50
+4.5%
7.6%CA$55.00CA$41.00n/a10
Dec ’25CA$50.41
CA$49.50
-1.8%
7.6%CA$55.00CA$41.00n/a10
Nov ’25CA$46.86
CA$47.27
+0.9%
6.1%CA$51.00CA$41.00n/a11
Oct ’25CA$46.00
CA$44.09
-4.2%
4.3%CA$47.00CA$41.00n/a11
Sep ’25CA$44.30
CA$44.20
-0.2%
4.4%CA$47.00CA$41.00n/a10
Aug ’25CA$41.32
CA$43.60
+5.5%
4.3%CA$46.00CA$40.00n/a10
Jul ’25CA$39.91
CA$44.10
+10.5%
4.2%CA$46.00CA$40.00n/a10
Jun ’25CA$40.88
CA$44.10
+7.9%
4.2%CA$46.00CA$40.00n/a10
May ’25CA$40.76
CA$43.70
+7.2%
4.1%CA$46.00CA$40.00n/a10
Apr ’25CA$43.30
CA$43.60
+0.7%
4.0%CA$46.00CA$40.00n/a10
Mar ’25CA$41.93
CA$43.40
+3.5%
5.1%CA$46.00CA$38.00n/a10
Feb ’25CA$44.59
CA$42.89
-3.8%
5.0%CA$46.00CA$38.00n/a9
Jan ’25CA$43.86
CA$41.89
-4.5%
5.1%CA$46.00CA$38.00n/a9
Dec ’24CA$43.70
CA$41.89
-4.1%
5.1%CA$46.00CA$38.00CA$50.419
Nov ’24CA$39.03
CA$40.67
+4.2%
4.2%CA$44.00CA$38.00CA$46.869
Oct ’24CA$38.86
CA$41.00
+5.5%
4.5%CA$44.00CA$38.00CA$46.009
Sep ’24CA$39.47
CA$41.09
+4.1%
4.7%CA$44.00CA$37.00CA$44.3011
Aug ’24CA$39.95
CA$39.70
-0.6%
3.0%CA$41.00CA$37.00CA$41.3210
Jul ’24CA$38.47
CA$39.40
+2.4%
3.4%CA$42.00CA$37.00CA$39.9110
Jun ’24CA$38.51
CA$38.91
+1.0%
5.2%CA$42.00CA$34.00CA$40.8811
May ’24CA$38.74
CA$37.70
-2.7%
3.6%CA$40.00CA$36.00CA$40.7610
Apr ’24CA$35.82
CA$37.09
+3.5%
5.7%CA$40.00CA$32.00CA$43.3011
Mar ’24CA$37.51
CA$36.91
-1.6%
5.9%CA$40.00CA$32.00CA$41.9311
Feb ’24CA$34.96
CA$34.91
-0.1%
5.0%CA$38.00CA$32.00CA$44.5911
Jan ’24CA$31.30
CA$33.30
+6.4%
8.6%CA$40.00CA$30.00CA$43.8610
Dec ’23CA$31.51
CA$33.30
+5.7%
8.6%CA$40.00CA$30.00CA$43.7010

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/17 23:00
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/17 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Great-West Lifeco Inc. is covered by 22 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John AikenBarclays
Alex ScottBarclays
Tom MacKinnonBMO Capital Markets Equity Research