Company Analysis

Primerica, Inc. (PRI)

NYSE: PRI · Life Insurance · Duluth, GA · filing with the SEC since 2009
Grade6.8
◀ Past 6.8● Present 7.2▶ Future 6.2

The grade of Primerica, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.8/10
◀ Past6.840% of the headline
● Present7.235% of the headline
▶ Future6.225% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Primerica, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 87th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Primerica, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.5 billion in fiscal 2016 to $3.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 9% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span9.0%top 19% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 11% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak1.9%top 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 5.0% a year. 65% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 12 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Primerica, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 5.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 65% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 12 sales (9 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 44% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.2/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 31%: 31¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 84%: owes 84¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Primerica, Inc. earned about 31 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 84 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 14% of its family
  • return on equitytop 3% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 44% of 18 in its family; net margin 22.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Primerica, Inc.'s standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 17% by size; a net margin of 22.8% ranks in the top 14%; revenue growth of 7.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 36% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.29Bbottom 17% of its family
  • net margin22.8%top 14% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth7.4%top 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
8.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 14% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.

weight 22% of this tense · 86th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Primerica, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Williams, Glenn J. (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-11-15, 10 years (top 12% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 13.1 years (top 4%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 27%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge5 in three years among 14 peopletop 27% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed13.1 yearstop 4% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10.0 yearstop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 15% of 16 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 85th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Primerica, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $756 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 5% of its assets as net cash, top 8% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 27.4% of revenue (top 22%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets5.0%top 8% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue27.4%top 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 33% of 18 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Primerica, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 7.4% a year over the last three filed years against 9% over all 10, slowing (bottom 31% of its family); the newest year grew 6.6% (top 47%); capital spending grew -10.6% a year (bottom 17%) (its annual reports). Primerica, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Term Life Insurance Segment Revenues at $1.8 billion (55%), Investment and Savings Products Segment Revenues at $1.2 billion (38%), Corporate and Other at $224 million (7%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.6 points a yearbottom 31% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.6%top 47% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-10.6%bottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 32% of 18 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Primerica, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1.2% below the $3.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 47% of its family); net income of $751 million against a prior three-year average of $505 million (top 31%); a net margin of 22.8% against 17.9% before (top 14%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.2%bottom 47% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+49%top 31% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+4.9 pointstop 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton PRI · research, not advice