5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: National Western Life
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, life insurer National Western Life Insurance Company (NAS: NWLI) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at National Western Life's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
National Western Life facts
Headquarters (Founded) | Austin, Texas (1956) |
Market Cap | $513.7 million |
Industry | Life and health insurance |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $593.4 million |
Management | Chairman/CEO Robert Moody |
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 5.2% |
Cash/Debt | $91.9 million / $0 |
Dividend Yield | 0.3% |
Competitors | American Fidelity Assurance Company |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 136 members who have rated National Western Life believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Late last week, one of those bulls, All-Star tenmiles, highlighted several of the stock's positives:
Quiet life and annuity player with significant cash, conservative investment portfolio, trading at what appears to be a disproportionately wide discount to book. Wouldn't be surprised to see activist shareholders start to agitate on this one -- looks like right time to initiate new position for patient investors.
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