Globe Life Inc. · GL · NYSE
Dividend report · updated Nov 13, 2026
$160.72 +0.38% on the day, +$0.61
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Yearly payout / yield
$1.32·0.82%
$0.33 quarterly x 4 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.33/qtr
pays ~Jan 8, 2027 (est.) ⓘ
Next ex-date
Jan 5, 2027est.
own by Jan 4, 2027 ⓘ
Years without a cut
26 yrs
20 yrs of raises ⓘ
Recession record
2000raised2008raised2020raised2022raised
raised through all four
Yield vs history ⓘ
61
Above its usual yield
GL share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
GL Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y +22.2%3Y +13.6%5Y +10.8%10Y +9.0%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). The enlarge button shows all 162 payments since 1987.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year. Years with an extra or a missing payment (dates sliding across New Year) are compared per payment.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. Pace: +8.43% a year, its typical raise over the last 5 years. From 2029 it slows by a quarter each year, to no less than 5%. Today's $1.32 a year would be $1.82 by 2031 - 1.13% on today's $160.72 price.

How Many GL Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $1.32 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 4,546 GL shares, about $730,633 at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $160.72. $1,000 a month takes about 9,091 shares, about $1,461,106. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

Globe Life (GL) pays $0.33 a share quarterly, $1.32 a year, a 0.82% run-rate yield at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $160.72. It has paid since 1987 and raised its annual dividend 20 years in a row.

At today’s rate of $0.33 quarterly and the last close of $160.72, this is what GL pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.33$0.11$1.32
100 shares$33.00$11.00$132.00
$10,000 invested (62.2 shares)$20.53$6.84$82.13
4,546 shares ($500/mo)$1,500.18$500.06$6,000.72
9,091 shares ($1,000/mo)$3,000.03$1,000.01$12,000.12

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 GL shares reinvest into 0.21 new shares each payment, about 0.8 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 488 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with GL’s own history in the GL DRIP calculator.

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An algorithmic rating built from reported data, not a recommendation.
  • Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Coverage (FCF): is spare cash enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
  • Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
  • Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
  • Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
  • Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
  • Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
  • Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
  • Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
  • Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
  • Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
  • Crash record: what the dividend did in the 2008 crash history

GL Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

61/100Above its usual yieldvs its 10-yr history
  • GL yields 0.82% today, at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $160.72.
  • Its own 10-year median is 0.78%, so today’s yield is above its usual level.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
0.68% low1.26% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 10-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is GL’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After October 2026

GL has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 92 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Jan 5, 2027, with the cash around Jan 8, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.33 a share, went ex on Oct 5, 2026 and paid Oct 7, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 92 days (quarterly)
  • Payment: usually about 3 days after the ex-date
  • Next earnings report: Feb 3, 2027

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does GL Pay?

GL pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct, with ex-dates in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct. The ex-date comes about every 92 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.26 a share, in 4 payments.
+20.0% against the 12 months before ($1.05 in 4 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct. Ex-dates fall in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct (latest 4 payments).
Raise history
  • Streak: 20 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last raise: Apr 2, 2026 - $0.27 to $0.33 (+$0.06, +22.22%)
  • Usual $ step: $0.0175 (median of the raises before it)
Coverage
  • EPS payout: 8.0% - $1.20 paid / $14.95 EPS (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 8.4% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
Deposits, loans and policy float run through operating cash flow here, so it does not measure dividend coverage.

GL vs Similar Dividend Stocks (UNM, IVSXF...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Financial Services companies closest to GL in market value, GL’s 0.82% run-rate yield is below the group’s middle yield of 2.63%, and its raise streak of 20 years is the 3rd longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating Recessions ⓘ No cut ⓘ
GL $160.72Globe Life $0.33/qtr$1.32/yr fwd 0.82% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 26 yrsraised 20 yrs in a row
UNM $79.85Unum Group $0.505/qtr$2.02/yr fwd 2.53% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20032000 cut2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 22 yrsraised 17 yrs in a row
IVSXF $41.45Investor AB (publ) $0.1772/half-yr$0.35/yr fwd 0.86% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 3 yrsraised 3 yrs in a row
IVZ $28.92Invesco $0.215/qtr$0.86/yr fwd 2.97% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20202000 varied2008 raised2020 cut2022 raised 5 yrsraised 1 yr in a row
ERIE $274.76Erie Indemnity $1.4625/qtr$5.85/yr fwd 2.13% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 29+ yrsraised 4 yrs in a row
BBSEY $6.65BB Seguridade Participações S.A. $0.388/half-yr$0.78/yr fwd 11.67% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 4 yrsraised 1 yr in a row
SEIC $108.91SEI Investments $0.52/half-yr$1.04/yr fwd 0.95% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 31 yrsraised 30 yrs in a row
MIUFY $16.69Mitsubishi HC Capital $0.321/half-yr$0.64/yr fwd 3.85% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 12+ yrsraised 3 yrs in a row
FDS $332.62FactSet Research Systems $1.16/qtr$4.64/yr fwd 1.39% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 26+ yrsraised 26+ yrs in a row
CNA $48.53CNA Financial $0.48/qtr$1.92/yr fwd 3.96% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Stopped in 20082008 stopped2020 held2022 raisedno 2000 record 15 yrsraised 9 yrs in a row
FUTU $95.12Futu Holdings Limited $2.60/yr 2.73% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — —no raise streak

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: GL vs UNM, GL vs IVSXF, GL vs IVZ.

GL Dividend History: Every Payment Since 1987

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Oct 5, 2026Oct 7, 2026$0.33QuarterlyRegular
Jul 6, 2026Jul 8, 2026$0.33QuarterlyRegular
Apr 2, 2026Apr 6, 2026$0.33QuarterlyRegular
Jan 5, 2026Jan 7, 2026$0.27QuarterlyRegular
Oct 3, 2025Oct 6, 2025$0.27QuarterlyRegular
Jul 3, 2025Jul 7, 2025$0.27QuarterlyRegular
Apr 3, 2025Apr 7, 2025$0.27QuarterlyRegular
Jan 6, 2025Jan 8, 2025$0.24QuarterlyRegular
Oct 4, 2024Oct 7, 2024$0.24QuarterlyRegular
Jul 5, 2024Jul 8, 2024$0.24QuarterlyRegular
The other 152 GL payments come with a paid plan.
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Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for GL

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GL Dividend Questions

How often does GL pay dividends?

GL pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct, with ex-dates in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct. The ex-date comes about every 92 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Does GL pay dividends monthly?

No. GL pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.

When is the next GL dividend?

GL has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 92 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Jan 5, 2027, with the cash around Jan 8, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.33 a share, went ex on Oct 5, 2026 and paid Oct 7, 2026. The current rate is $0.33 per share, $1.32 a year.

Does GL pay a dividend in January 2027?

Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Jan 5, 2027, with the cash around Jan 8, 2027, so a payment in January 2027 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.

How much does GL pay per share?

GL pays $0.33 a share quarterly, $1.32 a year. At the Nov 13, 2026 close of $160.72 that is a 0.82% run-rate yield, above its usual level: its own 10-year median is 0.78%.

Has GL raised its dividend?

Yes. GL has raised its annual dividend 20 years in a row, through 2025. The latest raise, on Apr 2, 2026, took the rate from $0.27 to $0.33 (+22.22%). Over five years the dividend grew 10.8% a year.

Is GL’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. GL paid out 8% of its earnings as dividends over the 4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026. It has raised its dividend 20 years in a row and gone 26 years without a cut. Through the market crashes: it raised the dividend through the 2000, 2008, 2020 and 2022 crashes. This is data, not investment advice. The full 8-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my GL dividends?

Add GL to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run GL in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular dividend per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 13, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 8 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.