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Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated

RGA
40
Insurance - Reinsurance · Financial Services
Price
$243.13
+0.58 (+0.24%)
Market Cap
$15.93B
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
40
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Mixed

Share count falling — buybacks

2.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 68.3M (2021) → 66.7M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) is a company that sells insurance to other insurance companies. When a life insurance or health insurance company takes on more risk than it wants to carry alone, it pays RGA to share that risk. RGA is one of the largest life and health reinsurers in the world, serving insurance companies across more than 80 countries.

RGA makes money by collecting premiums from its insurance company clients and paying out claims when policyholders die or get sick. It operates globally, with major business in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia, and generates roughly $20 billion in annual premiums. Its competitive edge comes from deep expertise in underwriting and mortality data, which is hard for smaller rivals to replicate. The key growth driver is expanding life insurance coverage in emerging markets like Asia, while the main risk is that actual death or illness rates come in higher than RGA's models predicted.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-216.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-283.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

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

$142.0B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

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

Revenue declining

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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
28.7%
Modest — 28.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
6.8%
Modest — 6.8% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
4.3%
Weak — 4.3% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-41.9%
Shrinking sales (-41.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-6.1%
Earnings shrinking (-6.1% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
772%
Turns 772% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
44.0%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (44.0%)

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
0.46
Conservative — low debt load (0.46)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
4.23x
Adequate interest coverage (4.2x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
22.2x
Growth-priced — P/E 22.2

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+13.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (22.2 → 8.4)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.52%
Small dividend — 1.52% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+4.5%
Dividend growing modestly (4.5% YoY)

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