Manulife Financial (MFC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MFC or CB?

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

Is MFC or CB more profitable?

Chubb has a net margin of 18.32% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 9.18%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 16.16% beat Chubb's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manulife Financial	9.18%	16.16%	0.79%
Chubb	18.32%	15.46%	4.26%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MFC or CB?

Chubb received 263 more outperform votes than Manulife Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 63.08% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Manulife Financial	Outperform Votes 458 67.95%	Underperform Votes 216 32.05%
Chubb	Outperform Votes 721 63.08%	Underperform Votes 422 36.92%

Does the media prefer MFC or CB?

In the previous week, Chubb had 29 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Chubb and 9 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Chubb's score of 0.62 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chubb	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MFC or CB?

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
Manulife Financial	$36.10B	1.52	$4.05B	$1.73	18.09
Chubb	$49.74B	2.27	$9.03B	$24.42	11.47

Do analysts rate MFC or CB?

Manulife Financial currently has a consensus target price of $35.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.99%. Chubb has a consensus target price of $287.37, suggesting a potential upside of 2.62%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Chubb.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Manulife Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Chubb	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35

Which has more volatility and risk, MFC or CB?

Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chubb has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MFC or CB a better dividend stock?

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Manulife Financial pays out 67.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chubb pays out 14.9% 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 and Chubb has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years.

Summary

Chubb beats Manulife Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.