Everest Group (EG) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, MFC or EG?

Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everest Group has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MFC or EG?

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Everest Group. Everest Group 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
Manulife Financial	$45.58B	1.18	$4.05B	$2.07	15.14
Everest Group	$17.08B	0.90	$1.37B	$31.41	11.44

Is MFC or EG more profitable?

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 10.08% compared to Everest Group's net margin of 7.95%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 15.98% beat Everest Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manulife Financial	10.08%	15.98%	0.76%
Everest Group	7.95%	9.04%	2.39%

Do analysts rate MFC or EG?

Manulife Financial presently has a consensus target price of $45.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.18%. Everest Group has a consensus target price of $416.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.90%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Everest Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Manulife Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Everest Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MFC or EG?

Manulife Financial received 436 more outperform votes than Everest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.05% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave Everest Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Manulife Financial	Outperform Votes 460 68.05%	Underperform Votes 216 31.95%
Everest Group	Outperform Votes 24 53.33%	Underperform Votes 21 46.67%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MFC or EG?

52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Everest Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Everest Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor MFC or EG?

In the previous week, Everest Group had 9 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Everest Group and 15 mentions for Manulife Financial. Everest Group's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Manulife Financial's score of 1.17 indicating that Everest Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Everest Group	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MFC or EG a better dividend stock?

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Everest Group pays an annual dividend of $8.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Manulife Financial pays out 58.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Everest Group pays out 25.5% 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 increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Everest Group on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.