National Western Life Insurance is an insurance - life business based in the US. National Western Life Insurance shares (NWLI) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. National Western Life Insurance employs 276 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $748.3 million.
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| 52-week range | $478.51 - $499.99 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | $491.91 |
| 200-day moving average | $484.56 |
| Wall St. target price | N/A |
| PE ratio | 11.3503 |
| Dividend yield | $0.36 (0.07%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $44.05 |
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Valuing National Western Life Insurance stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of National Western Life Insurance's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
National Western Life Insurance's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 11x. In other words, National Western Life Insurance shares trade at around 11x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
National Western Life Insurance's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $217.4 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a National Western Life Insurance's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $748.3 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 47.21% |
| Gross profit TTM | $261.9 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.04% |
| Return on equity TTM | 6.49% |
| Profit margin | 20.81% |
| Book value | $686.73 |
| Market Capitalization | $1.8 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 1.01% of net profits
Recently National Western Life Insurance has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), National Western Life Insurance shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In National Western Life Insurance's case, that would currently equate to about $0.36 per share.
While National Western Life Insurance's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that National Western Life Insurance is investing more in its future growth.
National Western Life Insurance's most recent dividend payout was on 30 November 2023. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 2 November 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, National Western Life Insurance's shares have ranged in value from as little as $478.51 up to $499.99. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while National Western Life Insurance's is 0.745. This would suggest that National Western Life Insurance's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
National Western Life Group, Inc. , through its subsidiary, National Western Life Insurance Company, operates as a stock life insurance company in the United States, Brazil, Taiwan, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, and internationally. It operates through Domestic Life Insurance, International Life Insurance, Annuities, and ONL and Affiliates segments. The company provides life products, including universal life insurance, interest-sensitive whole life, and traditional products, such as term insurance coverage; and annuity products comprising flexible premium and single premium deferred annuities, equity-index annuities, and single premium immediate annuities. It also engages in the real estate and other investment activities. It markets and distributes its insurance products primarily through independent national marketing organizations. National Western Life Group, Inc.
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