$42.32 -0.44 (-1.03%)
11/20/2009 4:01 PM

Torchmark Corp (TMK)

CAPS Rating: 3 out of 5

The Company is an insurance holding company engaged through its subsidiaries in a variety of nonparticipating ordinary life insurance products, supplemental health insurance products and Annuity products.

Current Price $42.32 Mkt Cap $3.5B
Open $42.44 P/E Ratio 8.37
Prev. Close $42.76 Div. (Yield) 0.60 (1.40%)
Daily Range $41.97 - $42.56 Volume 538,608
52-Wk Range $16.16 - $47.25 Avg. Daily Vol. 885,000

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5 Outperform
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Top TMK Bull/Bear Pitches

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samedi1234 (92.28)
Submitted August 05, 2007

This is the closest a publicly traded insurance stock gets to being a franchise, along with AFLAC. It's very similar to GEICO in that it has a very low expense ratio; it has a quasi-monopoly due to its sales to unions and other organizations; and if… More

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CrazyAssAdam (< 20)
Submitted October 11, 2007

Eventually, the bigger companies such as Prudential, NY Life, NW Mutual, and AIG(plus others I am sure I missed) will crush them. I can't see them doing better than keeping up with inflation, give or take .5%

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Member Avatar mitcha1 (35.15) Submitted: 10/29/2009 10:44:01 PM : Outperform Start Price: $42.70 TMK Score: -3.83

The valuation based on future ernings looks solid

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Member Avatar 00100 (96.48) Submitted: 7/27/2009 2:35:45 PM : Outperform Start Price: $41.91 TMK Score: -11.17

Upthumb. High free cash flow. Low debt. Good payout ratio. Positioned to earn profits through credit losses.

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Member Avatar cyberccs (< 20) Submitted: 5/15/2009 6:35:20 PM : Outperform Start Price: $35.60 TMK Score: -4.60

bullish

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Score Leader

erturlib

erturlib (< 20) Score: +60.31

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in TMK.

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Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		S&P
Gain 		Score Commentary
erturlib < 20 3/4/2009 Outperform 3Y $19.77 +114.03% +53.72% +60.31
Sayder 66.79 3/12/2009 Outperform 5Y $22.02 +92.15% +48.07% +44.08
wriggs77 75.54 3/16/2009 Outperform NS $23.04 +83.66% +44.71% +38.95
sourgirl31 < 20 9/26/2008 Underperform 3W $58.92 -28.18% -5.53% +22.65
CMAndersonJr 54.20 4/15/2009 Outperform 3Y $28.75 +47.21% +31.88% +15.32 1 Comment
frankschaff < 20 6/13/2008 Underperform 3Y $60.73 -30.32% -15.63% +14.69
jlbelt2 85.95 6/12/2007 Underperform 3M $66.92 -36.76% -23.34% +13.42
BenBernanke 85.45 1/8/2007 Underperform NS $61.00 -30.63% -17.75% +12.88
jssmock 94.13 2/9/2009 Outperform 3Y $30.04 +40.86% +28.06% +12.80
dwotBuyback < 20 1/28/2008 Underperform 5Y $57.93 -26.95% -14.42% +12.53
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Wall Street

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Member Name Member
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackCitigroup < 20 11/7/2009 Outperform NS $41.44 +2.12% +2.98% -0.86
TrackFBRCapitalM 73.72 7/28/2009 Outperform NS $41.58 +1.79% +12.58% -10.79
TrackFoxPitt 28.24 5/28/2009 Outperform NS $39.13 +8.16% +23.59% -15.42
TrackCreditSuiss 90.95 4/23/2009 Underperform NS $27.68 +52.91% +30.53% -22.38
TrackBarclaysCap 86.21 4/22/2009 Underperform NS $30.29 +39.73% +29.82% -9.91
TrackCitigroup < 20 2/17/2009 Outperform NS $27.33 +10.86% +12.92% -2.06 5/5/2009 @ $30.30
TrackSterneAgee 81.63 1/15/2009 Underperform NS $36.76 +15.14% +33.97% +18.83
TrackKBW 59.80 10/22/2008 Outperform NS $37.16 -18.15% -6.80% -11.35 2/9/2009 @ $30.42
TrackFBRCapitalM 73.72 6/26/2008 Outperform NS $58.92 -46.54% -35.27% -11.27 1/27/2009 @ $31.50
TrackRichPzena < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $60.67 -30.24% -24.86% -5.38 2 Comments
TrackBuffett 74.48 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $60.67 -30.24% -24.86% -5.38 1 Comment
TrackDodgeCox 88.49 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $61.42 -3.20% -24.59% +21.39 9/30/2008 @ $59.46 1 Comment
TrackLehmanBros 66.51 1/8/2007 Underperform NS $61.10 -30.74% -17.51% +13.23

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