Desjardins Raises Earnings Estimates for Great-West Lifeco

Great-West Lifeco Inc. (TSE:GWO) – Analysts at Desjardins increased their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Great-West Lifeco in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, October 14th. Desjardins analyst D. Young now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $1.23 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.21. Desjardins currently has a “Hold” rating and a $60.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Great-West Lifeco’s current full-year earnings is $4.45 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Great-West Lifeco’s FY2025 earnings at $4.85 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.25 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.65 EPS.

GWO has been the subject of several other reports. Barclays boosted their price target on Great-West Lifeco from C$57.00 to C$58.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on Great-West Lifeco from C$55.00 to C$56.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Scotiabank upped their target price on Great-West Lifeco from C$59.00 to C$61.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Finally, TD Securities upped their target price on Great-West Lifeco from C$59.00 to C$66.00 in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have given a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Great-West Lifeco presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$57.78.

Great-West Lifeco Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of GWO stock opened at C$58.20 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of C$54.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 0.65. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of C$55.08 and a 200 day simple moving average of C$53.11. Great-West Lifeco has a 1 year low of C$44.89 and a 1 year high of C$59.36.

Great-West Lifeco Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 29th were issued a dividend of $0.61 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 29th. This represents a $2.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.2%. Great-West Lifeco’s dividend payout ratio is 58.40%.

Great-West Lifeco declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, August 5th that authorizes the company to buyback $0.00 in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

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.