MFC vs. CB, SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EQH, EG, and AEG
Should you be buying Manulife Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manulife Financial include Chubb (CB), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Equitable (EQH), Everest Group (EG), and Aegon (AEG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Manulife Financial vs.
Chubb (NYSE:CB) and Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Chubb has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
Chubb currently has a consensus target price of $288.17, suggesting a potential upside of 6.97%. Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of $37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.65%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Chubb.
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.
In the previous week, Chubb had 12 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 29 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.
Summary
Chubb beats Manulife Financial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MFC) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
