EG vs. MFC, SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, CRBG, RYAN, EQH, AEG, and KNSL
Should you be buying Everest Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Everest Group include Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), and Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Everest Group vs.
Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Everest Group (NYSE:EG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.
Everest Group has a net margin of 16.99% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 9.79%. Everest Group's return on equity of 22.45% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everest Group has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Everest Group pays an annual dividend of $8.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Manulife Financial pays out 59.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Everest Group pays out 12.5% 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 11 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Manulife Financial received 436 more outperform votes than Everest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 53.66% of users gave Everest Group an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 14 more articles in the media than Everest Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Manulife Financial and 7 mentions for Everest Group. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Everest Group's score of 0.94 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Everest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Everest Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Manulife Financial presently has a consensus price target of $37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.23%. Everest Group has a consensus price target of $435.44, suggesting a potential upside of 19.61%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Everest Group.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Everest Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EG) was last updated on 1/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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