GLOBE LIFE INC GL
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 37959E102 · ISIN US37959E1029
American financial services company
- SectorFinancials
- IndustryLife Insurance
- HeadquartersMckinney, TX
- Founded1900
- Websitetorchmarkcorp.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($39.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 89.8m as of 2024-07-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $82.27. Options: 19 managers hold calls ($130.9m notional), 17 hold puts ($108.1m).
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 480 |
| Q4 2022 | 526 |
| Q1 2023 | 526 |
| Q2 2023 | 543 |
| Q3 2023 | 547 |
| Q4 2023 | 590 |
| Q1 2024 | 599 |
| Q2 2024 | 504 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 244 | 198 |
| Q1 2023 | 223 | 235 |
| Q2 2023 | 235 | 234 |
| Q3 2023 | 228 | 240 |
| Q4 2023 | 244 | 243 |
| Q1 2024 | 274 | 246 |
| Q2 2024 | 222 | 361 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $2.0m | $1.7m | 0.85 |
| Q4 2023 | $4.0m | $13.0m | 3.26 |
| Q1 2024 | $26.8m | $141.9m | 5.29 |
| Q2 2024 | $130.9m | $108.1m | 0.83 |
Biggest buyers
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +2.3m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +1.4m |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +1.1m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +859.1k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | Added | +852.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Added | +822.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +821.4k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC | New | +656.0k |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +552.6k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | +521.5k |
Biggest sellers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -3.4m |
| COOKE & BIELER LP | Sold out | -2.2m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -2.1m |
| Boston Partners | Sold out | -2.1m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -1.8m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -991.7k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | Reduced | -851.0k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -682.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -489.9k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | Sold out | -476.2k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $38.3m465.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $22.5m273.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $11.9m145.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $9.6m116.8k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | Added | $9.4m113.7k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | New | $8.4m102.2k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $7.6m92.2k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $3.9m47.3k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $3.4m41.6k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | New | $3.2m39.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $45.1m547.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $10.3m124.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $10.0m121.2k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | New | $7.3m89.0k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $7.2m87.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $6.6m80.6k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $5.1m61.9k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $4.6m55.4k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $3.6m43.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.8m21.9k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 7.5% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.4% |
| Invesco Ltd. 13G · institution new · filed 2026-05-06 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.7m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $15.1m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 9 | $16.6m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.8m | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $3.8m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 8 | $12.0m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 8 | $1.5m | 1 | $179.3k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-28 | Hensley Robert Edward EVP & Chief Investment Officer | Bought | $205.4k2.5k shares |
| 2024-05-21 | SVOBODA FRANK M Co-Chairman & CEO, director · Family Trust | Bought | $205.7k2.5k shares |
| 2024-05-21 | Darden James Matthew Co-Chairman & CEO, director | Bought | $82.8k1.0k shares |
| 2024-05-20 | SVOBODA FRANK M Co-Chairman & CEO, director · Family Trust | Bought | $215.8k2.5k shares |
| 2024-05-17 | Kalmbach Thomas Peter EVP & CFO | Bought | $42.2k500 shares |
| 2024-05-16 | Darden James Matthew Co-Chairman & CEO, director | Bought | $169.6k2.0k shares |
| 2024-04-25 | Zorn Rebecca E EVP & Chief Talent Officer | Sold | $179.3k2.3k shares |
| 2024-04-25 | BLINN MARK A Director · By Trust | Bought | $153.5k2.0k shares |
| 2024-04-24 | BRANNEN JAMES Director | Bought | $156.9k2.0k shares |
| 2024-04-24 | Rodriguez David A Director | Bought | $119.6k1.5k shares |
| 2024-04-24 | Johnson Steven Paul Director · By LLC | Bought | $100.8k1.3k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 11.4m $936.6m | Added +127.9k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.1m $502.1m | Reduced -991.7k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.09% of their portfolio | 5.9m $489.2m | Added +1.4m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 4.2m $344.8m | Added +2.3m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.4m $282.2m | Reduced -395.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.5m $208.6m | Added +154.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $138.2m | Reduced -2.1m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.6m $132.6m | Added +822.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.3m $105.3m | Added +821.4k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.2m $102.2m | Added +852.1k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.2m $102.0m | Added +452.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.2m $101.7m | Reduced -59.6k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $96.1m | Reduced -110.5k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 1.1m $88.8m | Added +1.1m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.1m $88.4m | Added +859.1k |
| EQUITY INVESTMENT CORP 2.18% of their portfolio | 1.0m $85.3m | Added +185.9k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.0m $83.9m | Added +7.4k |
| REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP 0.61% of their portfolio | 968.4k $79.7m | Reduced -199.4k |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 930.4k $76.6m | Added +552.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 868.2k $71.4m | Reduced -32.2k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 850.4k $70.0m | Reduced -1.8m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.05% of their portfolio | 756.2k $62.2m | Added +398.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 753.0k $62.0m | Added +18.0k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.09% of their portfolio | 686.7k $56.5m | Reduced -4.9k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.22% of their portfolio | 656.0k $54.0m | New |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 622.8k $51.2m | Reduced -489.9k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.21% of their portfolio | 607.7k $50.0m | Added +408.4k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.12% of their portfolio | 568.2k $46.8m | Added +521.5k |
| KBC Group NV 0.13% of their portfolio | 508.5k $41.8m | Added +184.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 505.6k $41.6m | Reduced -147.8k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.07% of their portfolio | 487.8k $37.4m | Reduced -851.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 483.3k $39.8m | Added +410.0k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 450.4k $37.1m | Added +170.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 448.9k $36.9m | Reduced -3.4m |
| NUANCE INVESTMENTS, LLC 1.12% of their portfolio | 445.6k $36.7m | Added +124.8k |
| WORLDQUANT MILLENNIUM ADVISORS LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 376.6k $31.0m | New |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 355.9k $29.3m | Reduced -9.0k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 329.7k $27.1m | Added +323.2k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 328.9k $27.1m | Added +29.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 321.4k $26.4m | Reduced -310.9k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 309.9k $25.5m | New |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 303.2k $24.9m | Reduced -22.5k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 290.0k $23.9m | Added +129.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 255.9k $21.1m | Reduced -29.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 250.5k $20.6m | Reduced -439.6k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 245.9k $20.2m | Added +204.7k |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 245.0k $20.2m | Added +233.5k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 239.0k $19.7m | Added +8.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 235.8k $19.4m | Added +46.4k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 223.5k $18.4m | Added +76.7k |
| PROSPECTOR PARTNERS LLC 2.04% of their portfolio | 212.0k $17.4m | Added +1.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 211.8k $17.4m | Reduced -23.0k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 206.9k $17.0m | Reduced -46.0k |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 195.1k $16.1m | Added +25.6k |
| WINTON GROUP Ltd 1.05% of their portfolio | 188.2k $15.5m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 185.2k $15.2m | Reduced -96.6k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 179.3k $14.8m | Reduced -65.2k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.05% of their portfolio | 174.2k $14.3m | Reduced -3.7k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 165.6k $13.6m | Reduced -202.3k |
| INGALLS & SNYDER LLC 0.59% of their portfolio | 164.8k $13.6m | Unchanged |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 164.3k $13.5m | Reduced -311.2k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 162.8k $13.4m | Reduced -10.0k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 159.5k $13.2m | Reduced -151.4k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 156.8k $12.9m | Reduced -682.9k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 146.0k $12.0m | Added +20.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 141.1k $11.6m | Reduced -75.1k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 140.5k $11.6m | Added +60.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 136.1k $11.2m | Reduced -38.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.9k $11.0m | Added +27.9k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.01% of their portfolio | 133.1k $11.0m | Reduced -10.1k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 130.9k $10.8m | Added +22.0k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 0.02% of their portfolio | 125.1k $10.3m | Added +111.3k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.12% of their portfolio | 123.6k $10.2m | Added +79.8k |
| Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd. 0.88% of their portfolio | 123.6k $10.2m | Added +13.2k |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 121.3k $10.0m | Reduced -146.3k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.04% of their portfolio | 118.9k $9.8m | Added +14.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 118.4k $9.7m | Reduced -80.5k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.02% of their portfolio | 118.4k $9.6m | Reduced -33.7k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 112.4k $9.2m | New |
| ROYAL LONDON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.02% of their portfolio | 111.9k $9.2m | Added +36.4k |
| AXA S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 98.4k $8.1m | New |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 97.7k $8.0m | Added +30.8k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 96.7k $8.0m | Reduced -6.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 95.9k $7.9m | Reduced -220 |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 95.8k $7.9m | Added +7.9k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 93.1k $7.7m | Reduced -33.7k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 90.9k $7.5m | Reduced -42.6k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 90.8k $7.5m | Added +68.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 84.2k $6.9m | Reduced -21.1k |
| AustralianSuper Pty Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 83.1k $6.8m | New |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 81.2k $6.7m | New |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 80.7k $6.8m | New |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.01% of their portfolio | 80.5k $6.6m | New |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 79.9k $6.6m | Reduced -34.4k |
| Savant Capital, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 75.2k $6.2m | Added +68.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 74.5k $6.1m | Reduced -131.0k |
| Cohen Klingenstein LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 72.0k $5.9m | Unchanged |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 71.8k $5.9m | Reduced -29.8k |
| LEAVELL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.33% of their portfolio | 71.7k $5.9m | Reduced -20.3k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.01% of their portfolio | 70.5k $5.8m | Reduced -1.0k |