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Primerica

PRI
55
Insurance - Life · Financial Services
Price
$295.82
-2.04 (-0.68%)
Market Cap
$9.22B
Winston Score
55
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Exceptional
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Share count falling — buybacks

17.6% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 39.7M (2021) → 32.7M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Primerica sells life insurance and financial products to middle-income families across the United States and Canada. Its main products are term life insurance policies, along with investment and savings plans like mutual funds and annuities. The company is one of the largest issuers of term life insurance in North America by number of policies in force.

Primerica makes money by collecting premiums on insurance policies and earning fees on the investment products it distributes. It uses a large network of independent sales representatives — over 130,000 licensed agents — who recruit and sell within their own communities, which keeps distribution costs low and creates a wide reach without a traditional salesforce. The agent recruitment model is both its biggest competitive advantage and its key risk, since growth depends heavily on continuously attracting and retaining productive representatives in a competitive labor market.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+9.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+19.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.5%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$4.1B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Primerica is growing revenue at 9% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
0.0%
Thin — 0.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
0.0%
Thin — 0.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
30.4%
Exceptional — 30.4% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+7.6%
Steady sales growth (+7.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+23.0%
Earnings growing fast (+23.0% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
108%
Turns 108% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
24.3%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (24.3%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
20.15x
Comfortably covers interest (20.1x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
11.9x
Attractive valuation — P/E 11.9

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+0.4
GROWING
Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.49%
Small dividend — 1.49% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+15.4%
Dividend growing fast (15.4% YoY)

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