Globe Life Inc. GL

Mid-cap stocks have the best odds of scaling into $100 billion corporations thanks to their tested business models and large addressable markets. But the many opportunities in front of them attract significant competition, spanning from industry behemoths with seemingly infinite resources to small, nimble players with chips on their shoulders.

Low-volatility stocks may offer stability, but that often comes at the cost of slower growth and the upside potential of more dynamic companies.

While Globe Life has outperformed relative to the financial service sector over the past year, Wall Street analysts maintain a cautiously optimistic outlook about the stock’s prospects.