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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000320335-24-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GL"
cik: "0000320335"
company_name: "GLOBE LIFE INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T07:24:03.152605+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Globe Life Q4 net income $2.88/share, up 17%; FY2024 operating EPS guide $11.30-$11.80

## Summary
- Net income $274.8M ($2.88/diluted share) vs $242.3M ($2.46) YoY; net operating income $267.4M ($2.80) vs $251.3M ($2.55).
- Full-year net operating income surpassed $1.0B for first time; net income $970.8M ($10.07) vs $894.4M ($9.04) YoY.
- Life net sales +3%, health net sales +21%; American Income life net sales +9%, agent count +20%.
- Share repurchase: 660,170 shares at $77M during Q4; 3.4M shares at $380M in FY2023.
- FY2024 net operating income guidance $11.30-$11.80 per diluted share, up from FY2023 $10.65.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000320335-24-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GL
- cik: 0000320335
- company_name: GLOBE LIFE INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033524000004/0000320335-24-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033524000004/gl-20240207.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320335-24-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GLOBE LIFE INC. reported the quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: EPS $2.88 per diluted common share.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - EPS: $2.88 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Globe Life Inc. (NYSE: GL) reported today that for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, net income was $2.88 per diluted common share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033524000004/0000320335-24-000004-index.htm

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