Great West Lifeco (GWO.TO) Buy, Sell or Hold

Great West Lifeco (GWO.TO)

90.32

+1.79 (2.02%)

as of Oct 2, 2026, 8:00:00 pm Market Open.

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COMMENT

Life insurance business is a great long-term business, especially with the demographics of an aging population. Dividend is safe.

DON'T BUY

Had some bad paper from Europe, especially British banks, which have hurt them in the near term. Quality company that in the long run will do well but in the short run still have some potential downside. Too early.

COMMENT

Almost 7% yield. All the life companies are operating under a bit of a cloud lately. Prefers owning it through its parent Power Financial (PWF-T).

BUY

You should be quite safe. Likes this company. He owns Power Corp. instead, which owns this company. Very conservatively managed.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Oct 29/07. Down 14%.) Will be ingesting their US acquisition. Life insurance companies are down almost as much as some of the banks but their credit exposure is way smaller.

TOP PICK

Just reported. Numbers were great and they raised the dividend. Has US exposure but on the health insurance side so not too economically sensitive. US Putnam group is not going that well but is only about 4% in total. About 11X earnings.

BUY

Good solid life insurance business. Expects their US Putnam holdings to produce some outstandingly good earnings growth over the next 2 or 3 years.

BUY

A financial with a lot of US exposure. Was hurt with the general malaise towards financials although it wasn’t a big player in bad commercial paper or mortgages. Also suffering because a lot of its operations are in the US and the strong Cdn$ hurt them. Great company and good management.

TRADE

Manulife is a better international play. Great West is North American. If you’re looking for turnaround Great West is the better buy. Long-term Manulife is stronger.

DON'T BUY

Will struggle a little bit because of a $500 million lawsuit.

BUY

(Market Call Minute.) A great insurance company. A Buy, but he prefers to play it through Power Financial (PWF-T).

BUY

Excellent management and excellent products. Probably a good Buy at this time. Likes the dynamics of ManuLife (MFC-T) a little better.

HOLD

(Market Call Minute.) Prefers Power Financial (POW-T).

DON'T BUY

Feels that a lot of money has left the banks and money managers to move into the lifecos. It means that companies such as Sun Life (SLF-T), Great West (GWO-T) and Manufacturers (MFC-T) have caught up to the peak of and are exceeding their FMV.

COMMENT

(Market Call Minute.) He prefers buying this lens through the top company, Power Corporation (POW-T).

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