Why National Western Is Poised to Outperform
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, life insurance company National Western Life Insurance Company hasearned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at National Western and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
National Westernfacts
Headquarters (founded) | Austin, Texas (1956) |
Market Cap | $643.7 million |
Industry | Life and health insurance |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $664.7 million |
Management | Chairman/CEO Robert Moody |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 5.9% |
Cash / Debt | $124.6 million / $0 |
Dividend Yield | 0.2% |
Competitors | Aviva |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95%of the 143 members who have rated National Western believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, All-Star NovaTodd, tapped National Western as a bargain opportunity worth considering:
Trades at a steep discount to tangible book value, but management appears unwilling to pay more than a paltry dividend or repurchase shares. The latter would be especially accretive at these prices. Still a tempting value play with considerable margin of safety.
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