CRBG vs. MFC, SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, EQH, AEG, EG, and KNSL
Should you be buying Corebridge Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Corebridge Financial include Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), Everest Group (EG), and Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Corebridge Financial vs.
Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Corebridge Financial (NYSE:CRBG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Corebridge Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Manulife Financial pays out 59.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Corebridge Financial pays out 25.4% 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. Manulife Financial has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Corebridge Financial. Corebridge Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manulife Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Corebridge Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Corebridge Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Manulife Financial presently has a consensus price target of $45.50, suggesting a potential upside of 49.88%. Corebridge Financial has a consensus price target of $36.64, suggesting a potential upside of 12.01%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Corebridge Financial.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 26 more articles in the media than Corebridge Financial. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Manulife Financial and 10 mentions for Corebridge Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Corebridge Financial's score of 0.60 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corebridge Financial has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Manulife Financial received 415 more outperform votes than Corebridge Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 65.67% of users gave Corebridge Financial an outperform vote.
Corebridge Financial has a net margin of 11.39% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 10.08%. Corebridge Financial's return on equity of 22.69% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Corebridge Financial on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CRBG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
