Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated · RGA · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025

RGA: Strong Q1 momentum, with claims and deployment risks

The supplied analysis supports a constructive but qualified view of RGA’s trajectory: favorable claims, Creation Re adoption, capital capacity and transaction opportunities support growth, while mortality volatility, investment income, execution and competitive pressures remain material checks.

Reported Before market openNYSEFinancial Services $17.42B market cap
80quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $5.42
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $5.69B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -0.2% Event window
SPY move +0.7% Same window
Abnormal move -0.9% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.6× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +8.7% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the supplied prior-quarter analysis, the current analysis emphasizes Q1 adjusted earnings and ROE, favorable claims across regions, Creation Re exceeding half of new business, and the planned Equitable mortality-block transaction. Guidance sentiment is maintained.

Guidance delta

Maintained; the supplied analysis does not identify a new guidance change.

Key takeaways

  • Management described favorable biometric claims experience across regions as a driver of Q1 profitability.
  • The Creation Re model accounted for more than half of new business in the supplied analysis.
  • The supplied analysis highlighted $1.3 billion of deployable capital and a pipeline spanning Asia, Japan, and the U.S.
  • The Equitable mortality-block transaction was presented as a way to improve ROE and diversify the mortality portfolio.

Management priorities

  • Close the Equitable transaction by mid-year 2025
  • Scale the Creation Re model across regions
  • Pursue block transactions in Japan and other Asian markets
  • Deploy excess capital into private assets and strategic retrocession structures
  • Advance in-force management actions to enhance ROE over time

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
RGA EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $4.54 Q1 '24 actual $6.02, beat Q2 '24 estimate $5.08 Q2 '24 actual $5.48, beat Q3 '24 estimate $5.15 Q3 '24 actual $6.13, beat Q2 '25 estimate $5.58 Q2 '25 actual $4.72, miss Q3 '25 estimate $5.76 Q3 '25 actual $6.37, beat Q4 '25 estimate $5.78 Q4 '25 actual $7.75, beat Q1 '26 estimate $6.03 Q1 '26 actual $6.97, beat Q2 '26 estimate $6.50 Q2 '26 actual $8.89, beat Q3 '26 estimate $6.96 Q4 '26 estimate $7.01 Q1 '27 estimate $7.29 Q2 '27 estimate $7.47
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold23 ratings
Bullish1356.5%
Neutral834.8%
Bearish28.7%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$266.75Current
$141Low
$225.33Average
$295High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 18, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 15, 2026
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 12, 2026
Barclays Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 8, 2026
Morgan Stanley Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainAug 24, 2026
TD Cowen Hold HoldMaintainJul 22, 2026
Evercore ISI Group Outperform OutperformMaintainJul 13, 2026
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 8, 2026
Piper Sandler Overweight OverweightMaintainMay 11, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Outperform OutperformMaintainNov 3, 2025
Raymond James Underperform Market PerformDowngradeOct 17, 2025
RBC Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainFeb 10, 2025
Citigroup Buy BuyMaintainJul 23, 2024
Jefferies Buy BuyMaintainJul 10, 2024
Credit Suisse Neutral NeutralMaintainMay 24, 2023
Goldman Sachs Buy BuyMaintainJan 9, 2023
Wolfe Research Underperform UnderperformMaintainJan 21, 2022
Keefe Bruyette & Woods Outperform Market PerformUpgradeJul 30, 2018
Deutsche Bank Hold BuyDowngradeOct 19, 2016
Macquarie Outperform OutperformMaintainNov 4, 2015
PiperJaffray Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 30, 2015
Keefe, Bruyette& Woods Market Perform Market PerformMaintainDec 30, 2014
Sterne Agee Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 17, 2014
Evercore Partners Overweight Equal WeightUpgradeDec 19, 2012
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $266.75. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$292$251.53 +9.5%Oct 8, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$286$251.14 +7.2%Oct 7, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$295$252.84 +10.6%Sep 28, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$250$245.4 -6.3%Aug 24, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$291$244.42 +9.1%Aug 19, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$290$236.31 +8.7%Aug 7, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$236$232.3 -11.5%Jul 8, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$278$224.08 +4.2%Jul 7, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$267$215.21 +0.1%May 18, 2026
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$261$210.6 -2.2%May 11, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$268$212.81 +0.5%May 8, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$220$208.8 -17.5%Apr 9, 2026
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$263$227.7 -1.4%Feb 6, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$245$205.99 -8.2%Feb 6, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$238$202.13 -10.8%Jan 13, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$237$201.04 -11.2%Jan 8, 2026
Piper SandlerJohn Barnidge$230$207.02 -13.8%Dec 23, 2025
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$208$205.03 -22.0%Dec 15, 2025
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$195$187.14 -26.9%Aug 18, 2025
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$209$209.71 -21.6%May 19, 2025
UBSMichael Ward$216$199.96 -19.0%Apr 2, 2025
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$224$202.69 -16.0%Feb 28, 2025
BarclaysAlex Scott$255$219.59 -4.4%Sep 4, 2024
Piper SandlerJohn Barnidge$237$218.66 -11.2%Sep 4, 2024
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$236$209.36 -11.5%Aug 19, 2024
Piper SandlerJohn Barnidge$228$204.37 -14.5%Jun 10, 2024
Piper SandlerJohn Barnidge$220$191.35 -17.5%Apr 5, 2024
JefferiesSuneet Kamath$189$163.64 -29.1%Dec 10, 2023
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$160$146.36 -40.0%Jan 10, 2023
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$162$146.61 -39.3%Jan 9, 2023
J.P. MorganAnalyst unavailable$141$145.56 -47.1%Jan 6, 2023
Evercore ISIThomas Gallagher$167$145.11 -37.4%Jan 5, 2023
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$170$139.23 -36.3%Dec 6, 2022
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. (RGA) primarily operates within the reinsurance sector. The company delivers a comprehensive portfolio of life and health reinsurance products, spanning both individual and group coverages. These include diverse life insurance options such as term, credit, universal, whole, and joint/last survivor policies, in addition to critical illness, disability, and longevity products. RGA also offers specialized asset-intensive and financial reinsurance, alongside other solutions focused on capital optimization.…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-04-17T00:02:52.217204+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-18T06:30:40.866222+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-18T06:30:40.863589+00:00

Methodology

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-18. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.