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.
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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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Analyst 52W Price Targets
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.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Aug 24, 2026 |
| TD Cowen | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 13, 2026 |
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 8, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | May 11, 2026 |
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Underperform | Market Perform | Downgrade | Oct 17, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 10, 2025 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 23, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 10, 2024 |
| Credit Suisse | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 24, 2023 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 9, 2023 |
| Wolfe Research | Underperform | Underperform | Maintain | Jan 21, 2022 |
| Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Jul 30, 2018 |
| Deutsche Bank | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Oct 19, 2016 |
| Macquarie | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Nov 4, 2015 |
| PiperJaffray | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 30, 2015 |
| Keefe, Bruyette& Woods | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Dec 30, 2014 |
| Sterne Agee | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 17, 2014 |
| Evercore Partners | Overweight | Equal Weight | Upgrade | Dec 19, 2012 |
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.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $292 | $251.53 | +9.5% | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $286 | $251.14 | +7.2% | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $295 | $252.84 | +10.6% | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $250 | $245.4 | -6.3% | Aug 24, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $291 | $244.42 | +9.1% | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $290 | $236.31 | +8.7% | Aug 7, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $236 | $232.3 | -11.5% | Jul 8, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $278 | $224.08 | +4.2% | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $267 | $215.21 | +0.1% | May 18, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $261 | $210.6 | -2.2% | May 11, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $268 | $212.81 | +0.5% | May 8, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $220 | $208.8 | -17.5% | Apr 9, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $263 | $227.7 | -1.4% | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $245 | $205.99 | -8.2% | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $238 | $202.13 | -10.8% | Jan 13, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $237 | $201.04 | -11.2% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | John Barnidge | $230 | $207.02 | -13.8% | Dec 23, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Bob Huang | $208 | $205.03 | -22.0% | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Bob Huang | $195 | $187.14 | -26.9% | Aug 18, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Bob Huang | $209 | $209.71 | -21.6% | May 19, 2025 |
| UBS | Michael Ward | $216 | $199.96 | -19.0% | Apr 2, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $224 | $202.69 | -16.0% | Feb 28, 2025 |
| Barclays | Alex Scott | $255 | $219.59 | -4.4% | Sep 4, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | John Barnidge | $237 | $218.66 | -11.2% | Sep 4, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Bob Huang | $236 | $209.36 | -11.5% | Aug 19, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | John Barnidge | $228 | $204.37 | -14.5% | Jun 10, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | John Barnidge | $220 | $191.35 | -17.5% | Apr 5, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Suneet Kamath | $189 | $163.64 | -29.1% | Dec 10, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $160 | $146.36 | -40.0% | Jan 10, 2023 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $162 | $146.61 | -39.3% | Jan 9, 2023 |
| J.P. Morgan | Analyst unavailable | $141 | $145.56 | -47.1% | Jan 6, 2023 |
| Evercore ISI | Thomas Gallagher | $167 | $145.11 | -37.4% | Jan 5, 2023 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $170 | $139.23 | -36.3% | Dec 6, 2022 |
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Snapshot as of publicationReinsurance 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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- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-04-17T00:02:52.217204+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-18T06:30:40.866222+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-18T06:30:40.863589+00:00
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