Chubb (CB) Competitors

Chubb (NYSE:CB) and Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Is CB or MFC more profitable?

Chubb has a net margin of 18.32% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 9.79%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 16.11% beat Chubb's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chubb	18.32%	15.46%	4.26%
Manulife Financial	9.79%	16.11%	0.77%

Do analysts recommend CB or MFC?

Chubb currently has a consensus price target of $288.17, indicating a potential upside of 6.97%. Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.65%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Chubb.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chubb	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.37
Manulife Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CB or MFC?

83.8% of Chubb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Chubb shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CB or MFC?

Chubb has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CB or MFC?

Chubb has higher revenue and earnings than Manulife Financial. Chubb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manulife Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chubb	$49.74B	2.18	$9.03B	$24.42	11.03
Manulife Financial	$36.10B	1.46	$4.05B	$2.07	14.77

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CB or MFC?

Chubb received 265 more outperform votes than Manulife Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 63.03% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chubb	Outperform Votes 723 63.03%	Underperform Votes 424 36.97%
Manulife Financial	Outperform Votes 458 67.95%	Underperform Votes 216 32.05%

Does the media favor CB or MFC?

In the previous week, Chubb had 11 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Chubb and 17 mentions for Manulife Financial. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.77 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chubb	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Manulife Financial	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CB or MFC a better dividend stock?

Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Chubb pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 59.4% 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. Chubb has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years and Manulife Financial has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Summary

Chubb beats Manulife Financial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.