On this page we presented the NWLI Historical PE Ratio information for National Western Life' stock. The average NWLI historical PE based on using the annualized quarterly earnings result at each measurement period (for the "E" in the PE calculation; and the closing price on earnings date as the "P") is 8.9. Meanwhile, using the trailing twelve month (TTM) quarterly earnings result as our method of calculation the "E" value at each measurement period, the average NWLI historical PE based on this TTM earnings result method is 9.4. Note: any PE calculations involving negative earnings were discarded as not meaningful.

Let's now compare this NWLI historical PE result, against the recent PE: when this page was posted on 7/9/2024, the most recent closing price for NWLI had been 499.98, and the most recent quarterly earnings result, annualized, was 83.28. Meanwhile, the most recent TTM earnings summed to 44.04. From these numbers, we calculate the recent NWLI PE on 7/9/2024 based on annualized quarterly EPS was 6.0. Based on NWLI's history, that recent PE is low relative to the historical average, with the recent PE 32.6% lower than the historical average PE across our data set for National Western Life. Looking at the recent NWLI PE on 7/9/2024 based on TTM EPS, we calculate the ratio at 11.4. Based on NWLI's history, that recent PE is elevated relative to the historical average, with the recent PE 21.3% higher than the historical average PE across our National Western Life data set with TTM EPS used in the calculation at each period.

Another interesting NWLI historical PE Ratio calculation we look at is to take the median earnings per share of the last four quarters for NWLI, and then annualize the resulting value... with that annualized number then being used in the PE calculation. To walk through this math for NWLI, we start with the past four EPS numbers and we first sort them from lowest to highest: -3.46, 8.38, 18.30, and 20.82. We then toss out the highest and lowest result, and then take the average of those two middle numbers — 8.38 and 18.30 — which gives us the median of 13.34. Basically the way to think about this 13.34 number is this: for the trailing four earnings reports, 13.34 marks the "middle ground" number where NWLI has reported a value higher than 13.34 half the time, and has reported a value lower than 13.34 half the time. Annualizing that median value then gets us to 53.36/share, which we use as the denominator in our next PE calculation. With 499.98 as the numerator (as of 7/9/2024), the calculation is then 499.98 / 53.36 = 9.4 as the NWLI PE ratio as of 7/9/2024, based on that annualized median value we calculated.

For self directed investors doing their due diligence on NWLI or any other given stock, valuation analysis for NWLI can greatly benefit from studying the past earnings and resulting PE calculations. This exercise can help inform an analysis as to whether the past earnings trajectory and current versus historical PE ratios justify the current stock value.

That's why we bring you HistoricalPERatio.com to make it easy for investors to investigate National Western Life PE history or the past PE information for any stock in our coverage universe. And in your continued research we hope you will be sure to check out the further links included for earnings surprises history (beat/miss data) as well as next earnings dates for NWLI. Thanks for visiting, and the next time you need to research NWLI Historical PE Ratio or the ratio for another stock, we hope you'll think of our site, as your go-to historical PE ratio research resource of choice.