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Manulife Financial (MFC) Competitors

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$30.33 +0.25 (+0.83%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

MFC vs. CB, SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EG, EQH, 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), Everest Group (EG), Equitable (EQH), 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

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 currently has a consensus target price of $287.37, suggesting a potential upside of 5.19%. Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of $37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.64%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Chubb.

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

Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Chubb pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 57.0% 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.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chubb$54.82B2.01$9.03B$24.4211.19
Manulife Financial$48.71B1.08$4.05B$2.0714.65

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ChubbOutperform Votes
721
63.08%
Underperform Votes
422
36.92%
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
458
67.95%
Underperform Votes
216
32.05%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chubb18.32% 15.46% 4.26%
Manulife Financial 9.79%16.11%0.77%

In the previous week, Chubb had 3 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Chubb and 4 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Chubb's score of 0.28 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chubb
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Manulife Financial
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Chubb beats Manulife Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MFC vs. The Competition

MetricManulife FinancialLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$52.81B$19.67B$10.88B$19.18B
Dividend Yield3.98%3.07%10.01%3.58%
P/E Ratio14.659.9828.9641.22
Price / Sales1.081.1950.8217.58
Price / Cash9.4821.9830.1321.28
Price / Book1.761.402.725.32
Net Income$4.05B$1.23B$1.03B$989.67M
7 Day Performance-1.94%-3.19%-2.88%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-7.19%-6.36%-2.84%-3.73%
1 Year Performance39.16%7.35%11.26%12.06%

Manulife Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.6476 of 5 stars
$30.33
+0.8%
$37.50
+23.6%
+40.2%$52.81B$48.71B14.6540,000Positive News
CB
Chubb
4.129 of 5 stars
$275.88
-0.1%
$287.37
+4.2%
+24.9%$111.21B$54.82B11.3340,000
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.0524 of 5 stars
$60.03
-0.2%
N/A+17.1%$34.56B$45.44B13.3630,941Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.4661 of 5 stars
$312.00
+0.2%
$321.80
+3.1%
+34.8%$31.43B$9.81B-42.7748,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
PUK
Prudential
4.236 of 5 stars
$16.22
-1.0%
N/A-27.5%$21.64B$19.50B8.1115,030Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.7011 of 5 stars
$78.96
+0.1%
$84.75
+7.3%
-1.4%$18.06B$13.67B-87.6819,800Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
4.0768 of 5 stars
$66.68
-1.4%
$73.50
+10.2%
+52.9%$17.46B$2.08B87.794,350Insider Trade
Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.5607 of 5 stars
$30.68
0.0%
$35.00
+14.1%
+37.3%$17.45B$14.89B-14.685,700Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
EG
Everest Group
4.7306 of 5 stars
$359.79
-0.8%
$430.00
+19.5%
-0.1%$15.46B$14.59B5.682,844Positive News
EQH
Equitable
2.1258 of 5 stars
$47.30
-0.4%
$50.10
+5.9%
+38.8%$14.82B$10.99B-43.348,500Insider Trade
Positive News
AEG
Aegon
3.6026 of 5 stars
$6.00
-4.9%
N/A+2.7%$13.23B$30.66B6.6820,634Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:MFC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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