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Data last updated: Nov 10, 2026
Snapshot (as of Nov 10, 2026): Globe Life Inc. (GL) pays a $1.26 annual dividend ($0.33 quarterly), yielding 0.82% at $161.83/share. Next ex-dividend date 2027-01-08. 10 consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.82%
Annual Dividend: $1.26 per share
Payout Ratio: 8.4%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2027-01-08
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 40
Globe Life Inc. provides life and supplemental health insurance to lower middle- and middle-income families across the United States, and its dividend reflects a company that prioritizes growth over income. The Globe Life Inc. dividend currently yields 0.82%, with trailing twelve-month payments of $1.26 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is January 8, 2027, based on a $0.33 quarterly payment. A beta of 0.461 points to low price volatility, which suits growth-and-income investors who can accept a modest yield in exchange for steady dividend increases.
Globe Life Inc. pays out 8.4% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That figure leaves substantial room to sustain and grow the dividend even if earnings face pressure, and the company's focus on whole life, term life, and supplemental health products sold to a broad base of middle-income families supports recurring premium revenue. Globe Life Inc. dividend safety is further reinforced by a 10-year streak of consecutive increases, though the company operates in a regulated insurance environment where claims experience and interest rate sensitivity can affect earnings over time.
Globe Life Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of 9.4% per year from 2010 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.2712 to $1.0500 over that period (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the CAGR calculation, with $1.26 paid so far as of Globe Life Inc. dividend 2026 data). The largest annual increase in the window was 45.6% in 2013, though the data also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, so the path was not linear.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +8.5% | $0.82 (2022) | $1.05 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +7.3% | $0.74 (2020) | $1.05 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +10.0% | $0.41 (2015) | $1.05 (2025) |
GL stock fits growth-and-income investors who want dividend increases rather than high current income from their insurance holdings. The yield is low (below 2%), sitting at 0.82% today, just above the 5-year average of 0.79%, so there is no meaningful yield expansion on offer. What Globe Life Inc. does deliver is a 9.4% annualized dividend growth rate over 15 years and a payout ratio of just 8.4%, which leaves ample room for future increases. The trade-off is straightforward: an investor gets a fast-growing dividend from a low-volatility insurer, but the current income is thin and will not satisfy anyone prioritizing yield today.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | $0.3300 |
| 2026-07-06 | $0.3300 |
| 2026-04-02 | $0.3300 |
| 2026-01-05 | $0.2700 |
| 2025-10-03 | $0.2700 |
| 2025-07-03 | $0.2700 |
| 2025-04-03 | $0.2700 |
| 2025-01-06 | $0.2400 |
| 2024-10-04 | $0.2400 |
| 2024-07-05 | $0.2400 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.2600 |
| 2025 | $1.0500 |
| 2024 | $0.9450 |
| 2023 | $0.8830 |
| 2022 | $0.8220 |
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