POW vs. MFC, GWO, ELF, SFC, BN, BMO, BNS, CM, IFC, and SLF
Should you be buying Power Co. of Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Power Co. of Canada include Manulife Financial (MFC), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), E-L Financial (ELF), Sagicor Financial (SFC), Brookfield (BN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Intact Financial (IFC), and Sun Life Financial (SLF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Power Co. of Canada (TSE:POW) and Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Power Co. of Canada has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manulife Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Power Co. of Canada. Power Co. of Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manulife Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Power Co. of Canada presently has a consensus price target of C$43.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.67%. Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of C$37.30, indicating a potential upside of 5.37%. Given Power Co. of Canada's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Power Co. of Canada is more favorable than Manulife Financial.
Manulife Financial received 267 more outperform votes than Power Co. of Canada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.71% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 52.95% of users gave Power Co. of Canada an outperform vote.
31.9% of Power Co. of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of Power Co. of Canada shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 18.29% compared to Power Co. of Canada's net margin of 7.84%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 10.48% beat Power Co. of Canada's return on equity.
In the previous week, Power Co. of Canada had 3 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Power Co. of Canada and 3 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Power Co. of Canada's score of 0.16 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Power Co. of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Power Co. of Canada pays out 54.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 70.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Power Co. of Canada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Power Co. of Canada on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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