CRBG vs SLF vs GL Stock Comparison

Corebridge Financial, Sun Life Financial and Globe Life Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SLF Sun Life Financial Inc
$79.07 -1.1% 1M +28.9% 1Y
Market cap
$44.78B
P/E
18.7x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Life Insurance Financial Services
4 wins
GL Globe Life Inc.
$154.81 -8.3% 1M +14.1% 1Y
Market cap
$12.15B
P/E
10.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.19B
Div. yield
–
Life Insurance Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Sun Life Financial leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Sun Life Financial 4, Globe Life 4, Corebridge Financial 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCRBGSLFGLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $15.75B $44.78B $12.15B SLF
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.7x 18.7x 10.0x GL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.1x 13.2x 10.4x CRBG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +29.5% — +5.2% CRBG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.4% — 19.6% GL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -25.4% 12.7% -13.3% SLF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.7x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +7.1% +28.9% +14.1% SLF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +6.8%/yr +10.7%/yr GL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.0% 18.6% 21.4% SLF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 28/100 34/100 36/100 GL

Percentile Scorecard

CRBGSLFGL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCRBGSLFGL
Valuation 46 #65 of 119 21 #94 of 119 31 #82 of 119
Growth 29 #83 of 117 23 #90 of 117 21 #93 of 117
Profitability 16 #99 of 117 44 #66 of 117 60 #48 of 117
Financial Health 6 #111 of 118 34 #78 of 118 17 #98 of 118
Shareholder Returns 43 #62 of 108 45 #60 of 108 52 #52 of 108
Overall 28 34 36
  • CRBG ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • SLF ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • GL ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCRBGSLFGLSPY
1 month +0.7%-1.1%-8.3% -1.0%
3 months +9.1%-3.9%-10.8% +2.9%
6 months +29.9%+10.5%+1.5% +6.4%
Year to date +13.1%+26.7%+10.7% +11.4%
1 year +7.1%+28.9%+14.1% +13.1%
3 years +64.6%+73.3%+39.1% +79.4%
3 years, per year +18.1%+20.1%+11.6% +21.5%
5 years —+38.6%+66.1% +67.7%
5 years, per year —+6.8%+10.7% +10.9%
10 years —+138.3%+143.9% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+9.1%+9.3% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureCRBGSLFGLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.0%18.6%21.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.2%20.0%24.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.320.380.31 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.201.550.66 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.0%-33.0%-61.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.1%-5.9%-16.8% -2.5%
52-week high $35.58$84.07$186.01 $779.14
52-week low $22.30$57.60$130.37 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCRBGSLFGL
P/E now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 10.5x 18.6xmedian 10.5x 9.9xmedian 10.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.4x —median 1.4x 2.3xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -3.2xmedian 8.0x —median 8.0x —median 8.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.2xmedian 8.4x 13.4xmedian 8.4x 11.6xmedian 8.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.5x 2.3xmedian 1.5x 2.3xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median -0.86median 0.47 7.10median 0.47 0.51median 0.47

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCRBGSLFGL
Revenue $20.06B – $6.19B
Gross profit $12.23B – $3.23B
Operating income -$6.75B – -$1.47B
Net income $883.00M $2.57B $1.21B
Free cash flow $1.85B $3.28B $1.23B
EPS (diluted) $1.96 $4.23 $15.36
Total debt $9.36B $6.42B $2.94B
Shares (diluted) 454.20M 566.00M 78.91M
Enterprise value -$6.02B $2.74B $11.39B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCRBGSLFGL
P/E 17.4x 18.6x 9.9x
P/FCF 8.2x 13.4x 11.6x
P/Operating cash flow 8.2x 12.9x 10.3x
P/S 0.8x – 2.3x
P/B 1.3x 2.3x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 1.3x 2.9x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA -3.2x – –
EV/EBIT -2.9x 9.8x -11.6x
EV/Revenue 1.0x – 2.7x
EV/FCF 10.4x 12.0x 13.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.4x 11.6x 12.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.86 7.10 0.51

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCRBGSLFGL
Revenue growth (1Y) 29.5% – 5.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.0% – 5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 19.0% – 9.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.0% – 15.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -26.1% – 9.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -1.9% – -12.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 353.7% 4.7% 13.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -30.9% 6.5% 11.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 419.6% 4.1% 19.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -20.2% 2.6% 19.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 10.4% 8.5% -1.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -20.3% 13.0% -3.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 10.4% 8.6% -8.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -20.3% 9.5% -6.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCRBGSLFGL
Gross margin 61.0% – 52.1%
EBITDA margin -30.1% – –
Operating margin -33.6% – -23.7%
Pretax margin 5.4% – 24.2%
Net margin 4.4% – 19.6%
FCF margin 9.2% – 19.9%
Operating cash flow margin 9.2% – 22.5%
Return on equity 7.6% 13.9% 19.8%
Return on assets 0.2% 0.9% 3.9%
Return on invested capital -25.4% 12.7% -13.3%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.0x – 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.1x 1.3x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCRBGSLFGL
Debt / assets 2.3% 2.1% 9.3%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.3x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.7x – –
Debt / FCF 5.1x 2.0x 2.4x
Liabilities / assets 97.3% 93.7% 80.5%
Equity / assets 2.7% 6.3% 19.5%
Interest coverage -12.8x 5.6x -10.4x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCRBGSLFGL
Dividend yield 2.9% 4.8% 0.8%
Net buyback yield 20.0% -0.1% 4.9%
Shareholder yield 22.9% 4.7% 5.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 53.6% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 25.5% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) -10.1% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -22.0% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCRBGSLFGL
Forward P/E 7.1xFY2026 13.2xFY2026 10.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.84FY2026 $6.00FY2026 $14.92FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +9.5%FY2026 +10.5%FY2026 +2.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +23.6% -3.2% +4.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $20.27BFY2026 $6.09BFY2026 $6.04BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.9%FY2026 -5.2%FY2026 +0.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.1% +29.2% +17.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCRBGSLFGL
Held by institutions 100.0% 44.7% 70.7%
Institutions holding 448 490 697
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.0% +1.3% +20.7%
Institutions buying 230 256 346
Institutions selling 170 130 206
Buyers to sellers 1.35 1.97 1.68

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CRBGSLFGL
CRBG 1.00 0.41 0.41
SLF 0.41 1.00 0.45
GL 0.41 0.45 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CRBG, SLF and GL?

Sun Life Financial (SLF) is the largest by market capitalisation: Corebridge Financial (CRBG) $15.75B, Sun Life Financial (SLF) $44.78B, Globe Life (GL) $12.15B.

Which stock is cheaper, CRBG, SLF and GL?

Globe Life (GL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Corebridge Financial (CRBG) 17.7x, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 18.7x, Globe Life (GL) 10.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Corebridge Financial (CRBG) is cheapest (Corebridge Financial (CRBG) 7.1x, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 13.2x, Globe Life (GL) 10.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Corebridge Financial (CRBG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Corebridge Financial (CRBG) +29.5%, Globe Life (GL) +5.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Globe Life (GL) has the highest net margin (Corebridge Financial (CRBG) 4.4%, Globe Life (GL) 19.6%). On return on invested capital, Sun Life Financial (SLF) leads (Corebridge Financial (CRBG) -25.4%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 12.7%, Globe Life (GL) -13.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sun Life Financial (SLF) returned the most: Corebridge Financial (CRBG) +7.1%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) +28.9%, Globe Life (GL) +14.1%. Over five years, Globe Life (GL) compounded fastest (Sun Life Financial (SLF) +6.8%/yr, Globe Life (GL) +10.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Corebridge Financial (CRBG) 0.03%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 0.00%, Globe Life (GL) 0.00%. Sun Life Financial (SLF) and Globe Life (GL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sun Life Financial (SLF) has been the steadiest (Corebridge Financial (CRBG) 35.0%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 18.6%, Globe Life (GL) 21.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CRBG, SLF and GL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sun Life Financial (SLF) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.