Fundamental Data for PL

Protective Life Corp. is a holding company, whose subsidiaries provide financial services through the production, distribution, and administration of insurance and investment products. The company operates seven divisions whose principal strategic focuses can be grouped into three general categories: life insurance, specialty insurance products, and retirement savings and investment products.

# Employees: 2372

Address: 2801 Highway 280 South,Birmingham,AL,USA

Phone: 205-268-1000

Fax: 205 868-3541

Website: www.protective.com

Email:

Sector: Finance

Industry: INS-LIFE

Executive Officers

John D. Johns (Chmn.; Presi.; C. E. O.; Dir.)

Richard J. Bielen (Vice-Chmn.; C.F.O.)

Carolyn M. Johnson (Exec. V. P.; C.O.O.)

Deborah J. Long (Exec. V. P.; Sec.; Gen. Consl.)

Carl S. Thigpen (Exec. V. P.; Chief. Inv. Off.,)

Dividend

Ex-Dividend Date: 11/10/2009

Annual Dividend: $0.48

Current Dividend Yield: $2.87

Dividend Paid (3 months): $0.12

Indicated Dividend: $0.15

Earnings

Last Earnings Date: 9/30/2009

Next Earnings Date(Expected): 2/9/2010

Mean EPS (Next Qtr): $1.05

Mean EPS (Year): $3.42

Mean Estimate(Long Term): $9.00

P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): 4.880

Number of Estimates: 9

Shares Performance

Period	PL	Compare to S&P
YTD	16.38 %	-3.68 %
4 Weeks	-22.03 %	-22.88 %
12 Weeks	-21.89 %	-26.36 %

Shares Information

Analyst Coverage: Y

Avg Volume: 1505051

Shares Outstanding: 85M

Market Cap: $1.43B

52 Week High: $23.97

52 Week Low: $2.92

P/E Ratio: 5.150

PEG Ratio: 0.540

Split: On 4/2/1998 PL split by factor of 2.000

Earnings Performance

EPS Growth in Last Quarter: -46.60 %

EPS Growth in Last Year: -37.50 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -12.00 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: 35.48 %

Financials

Qtr Book Value: $0.62

Cash Flow/Share: $2.41

Change in Payout Ratio: -0.010

Price/Sales: 0.510