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Manulife Financial (MFC) Competitors

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$32.19 -0.09 (-0.28%)
(As of 11/20/2024 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.

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

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

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

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
Manulife Financial9.79% 16.11% 0.77%
Chubb 18.32%15.46%4.26%

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Manulife Financial pays out 56.0% 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.

Manulife Financial presently has a consensus target price of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.50%. Chubb has a consensus target price of $287.37, indicating a potential upside of 1.61%. 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
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

In the previous week, Chubb had 27 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Chubb and 15 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Chubb's score of 0.96 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
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chubb
27 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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
Manulife Financial$36.10B1.56$4.05B$2.0715.55
Chubb$49.74B2.29$9.03B$24.4211.58

Summary

Chubb beats Manulife Financial on 13 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$57.06B$20.36B$10.35B$19.85B
Dividend Yield3.56%2.89%10.18%3.52%
P/E Ratio15.559.8149.6042.73
Price / Sales1.561.363,386.8319.27
Price / Cash9.8121.9130.6817.86
Price / Book1.711.482.895.52
Net Income$4.05B$1.23B$994.27M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-2.07%0.17%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance7.16%1.27%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance68.75%18.60%24.11%24.67%

Manulife Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.6819 of 5 stars
$32.19
-0.3%
$37.50
+16.5%
+66.7%$57.06B$36.10B15.5540,000News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
CB
Chubb
4.6864 of 5 stars
$282.81
-0.4%
$287.37
+1.6%
+26.7%$114.00B$49.74B11.5840,000
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.161 of 5 stars
$60.84
+0.8%
N/A+19.7%$34.73B$30.20B13.5530,941Analyst Downgrade
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.7304 of 5 stars
$308.61
+0.3%
$312.27
+1.2%
+27.6%$30.98B$9.48B0.0048,000Analyst Revision
PUK
Prudential
3.0644 of 5 stars
$16.03
+1.2%
N/A-32.0%$21.27B$19.50B0.0015,030Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.09 of 5 stars
$84.15
0.0%
$85.92
+2.1%
+15.9%$19.25B$13.67B12.2519,800Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.4511 of 5 stars
$70.88
+0.7%
$70.33
-0.8%
+58.3%$18.43B$2.08B92.054,350Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.2082 of 5 stars
$30.64
+0.7%
$34.85
+13.7%
+55.8%$17.43B$14.89B-14.665,700Positive News
EG
Everest Group
4.63 of 5 stars
$376.87
+1.7%
$434.10
+15.2%
-5.7%$15.92B$14.59B5.902,844Analyst Forecast
EQH
Equitable
3.3309 of 5 stars
$46.72
+0.3%
$48.70
+4.2%
+64.4%$14.64B$10.53B-42.868,500Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
Positive News
AEG
Aegon
2.1457 of 5 stars
$6.25
-1.3%
N/A+15.9%$13.95B$30.66B0.0020,634

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This page (NYSE:MFC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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