Share buybacks · 2011–2025

Globe Life share buybacks

$881M−12.1% · FY2025

Globe Life (GL) reported $881M in share buybacks for fiscal 2025, −12.1% year on year.

$973M2011$570M2012$482M2013$449M2014$419M2015$405M2016$413M2017$422M2018$460M2019$444M2020$541M2021$455M2022$511M2023$1.0B2024$881M2025
Globe Life — Share buybacks, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearShare buybacksChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$881M−12.1%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$1.0B+96.1%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$511M+12.4%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$455M−16.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$541M+22.0%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$444M−3.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$460M+9.0%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$422M+2.1%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$413M+2.0%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$405M−3.3%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$419M−6.9%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$449M−6.8%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$482M−15.4%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$570M−41.4%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$973M—Open →

Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth −0.7%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). Globe Life share buybacks. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/globe-life/share-buybacks

BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Globe Life share buybacks}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/globe-life/share-buybacks}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000320335-26-000090 · February 25, 2026

{{cite web |title=Globe Life share buybacks — 10-K (0000320335-26-000090) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033526000090/gl-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-25}}

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