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Globe Life shares outstanding GL

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2008.

Latest quarter, to Jun 30, 2026
78.9M
On a year earlier
−4.7%
fewer shares

Globe Life had 78.9M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q2 FY26, the quarter to Jun 30, 2026.

That is 4.7% fewer than a year earlier, so each share owns a little more of the company.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY202580.8M−5%
FY202484.7M−11%
FY202395.5M−3%
FY202298.6M−3%
FY2021101.3M−4%
FY2020105.8M−4%
FY2019110.8M−3%
FY2018113.7M−4%
FY2017118M−3%
FY2016121.4M−3%
FY2015124.8M−4%
FY2014130.3M−5%
FY2013136.8M+1044%
FY201212M−7%
FY201112.8M−15%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q2 FY2678.9M−5%
Q1 FY2679.7M−6%
Q4 FY2580.8M−5%
Q3 FY2582M−7%
Q2 FY2582.8M−9%
Q1 FY2584.5M−11%
Q4 FY2484.7M−11%
Q3 FY2488.1M−8%
Q2 FY2491.4M−5%
Q1 FY2495.1M−3%
Q4 FY2395.5M−3%
Q3 FY2395.8M−2%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.