Manulife Financial (MFC) Competitors

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 profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend CB or MFC?

Chubb presently has a consensus price target of $307.21, suggesting a potential upside of 7.60%. Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of $45.50, suggesting a potential upside of 58.98%. 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Manulife Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CB or MFC?

83.8% of Chubb shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Chubb shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CB or MFC?

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
Chubb	$56.01B	2.04	$9.27B	$22.72	12.57
Manulife Financial	$45.58B	1.08	$4.05B	$2.07	13.83

Is CB or MFC a better dividend stock?

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 $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Chubb pays out 16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 58.5% 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. Chubb has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years and Manulife Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Does the media favor CB or MFC?

In the previous week, Chubb had 29 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Chubb and 21 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Chubb's score of 0.85 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	28 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Manulife Financial	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, CB or MFC?

Chubb has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CB or MFC more profitable?

Chubb has a net margin of 16.63% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 10.08%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 15.98% beat Chubb's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chubb	16.63%	13.75%	3.79%
Manulife Financial	10.08%	15.98%	0.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CB or MFC?

Chubb received 271 more outperform votes than Manulife Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.05% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 63.02% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chubb	Outperform Votes 731 63.02%	Underperform Votes 429 36.98%
Manulife Financial	Outperform Votes 460 68.05%	Underperform Votes 216 31.95%

Summary

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