Great-West Lifeco (Germany) Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

GWS Stock  EUR 34.00  0.20  0.58%   
Assuming the 90 days horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Great West Lifeco is 'Strong Buy'. Macroaxis provides Great-West Lifeco buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding GWS positions.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Strong Buy

Market Performance

SolidDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

UndervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Barely shadows the marketDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

InapplicableDetails
For the selected time horizon Great West Lifeco has a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.202, Jensen Alpha of 0.2036, Total Risk Alpha of 0.091, Sortino Ratio of 0.0979 and Treynor Ratio of 1.21
Our investment recommendation module can be used to complement Great West Lifeco trade recommendations provided by average analyst sentiment. It analyzes the entity's potential to grow using fundamental, technical, data market data available at the time. To make sure Great West Lifeco is not overpriced, please check out all Great-West Lifeco fundamentals, including its current valuation, price to earning, gross profit, as well as the relationship between the shares owned by insiders and price to sales .

Great-West Lifeco Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

About 71.0% of the company shares are held by company insiders

Great-West Lifeco Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Great-West Lifeco's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Great-West Lifeco's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Great-West Lifeco daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Great West Lifeco price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Great-West Lifeco returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Great-West Lifeco.
Mean Return
0.23
Value At Risk
-1.29
Potential Upside
1.37
Standard Deviation
0.89
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Great-West Lifeco historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Great-West Lifeco Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Great-West Lifeco or Financial Services sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Great-West Lifeco's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Great-West stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
0.20
β
Beta against Dow Jones0.19
σ
Overall volatility
0.90
Ir
Information ratio 0.12

Great-West Lifeco Volatility Alert

Great West Lifeco has relatively low volatility with skewness of 0.19 and kurtosis of 1.17. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Great-West Lifeco's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Great-West Lifeco's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Great-West Lifeco Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Great-West Lifeco's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Great-West Lifeco's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Great-West Lifeco and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Great-West Lifeco or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Great-West Lifeco's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Great-West Lifeco by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Great-West Lifeco to competition
FundamentalsGreat-West LifecoPeer Average
Return On Equity0.11-0.31
Return On Asset0.0041-0.14
Profit Margin0.07 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.1 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation22.49 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding931.92 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders70.60 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions10.60 %39.21 %
Price To Earning10.26 X28.72 X
Price To Book1.11 X9.51 X
Price To Sales0.41 X11.42 X
Revenue44.7 B9.43 B
Gross Profit12.32 B27.38 B
EBITDA4.83 B3.9 B
Net Income3.35 B570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents77.92 B2.7 B
Cash Per Share78.84 X5.01 X
Total Debt9.63 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity25.30 %48.70 %
Current Ratio11.91 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share28.21 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations7.05 B971.22 M
Earnings Per Share2.42 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth5.94 X4.89 X
Number Of Employees31 K18.84 K
Beta0.83-0.15
Market Capitalization24.06 B19.03 B
Total Asset701.46 B29.47 B
Z Score1.28.72
Annual Yield0.06 %
Five Year Return4.10 %
Net Asset701.46 B
Last Dividend Paid1.96

Great-West Lifeco Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Great-West . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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