Ryan Specialty (RYAN) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RYAN or MFC?

84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of Ryan Specialty 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RYAN or MFC?

Manulife Financial received 422 more outperform votes than Ryan Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.05% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 43.18% of users gave Ryan Specialty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ryan Specialty	Outperform Votes 38 43.18%	Underperform Votes 50 56.82%
Manulife Financial	Outperform Votes 460 68.05%	Underperform Votes 216 31.95%

Is RYAN or MFC a better dividend stock?

Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Ryan Specialty pays out 69.6% 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. Manulife Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend RYAN or MFC?

Ryan Specialty presently has a consensus price target of $75.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.62%. Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of $45.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.27%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryan Specialty	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Manulife Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, RYAN or MFC?

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryan Specialty, 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
Ryan Specialty	$2.52B	7.46	$61.04M	$0.69	103.83
Manulife Financial	$45.58B	1.07	$4.05B	$2.07	13.71

Does the media refer more to RYAN or MFC?

In the previous week, Ryan Specialty had 4 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Ryan Specialty and 21 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Ryan Specialty's score of 0.69 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ryan Specialty	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 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

Is RYAN or MFC more profitable?

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 10.08% compared to Ryan Specialty's net margin of 9.14%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 48.01% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryan Specialty	9.14%	48.01%	6.33%
Manulife Financial	10.08%	15.98%	0.76%

Which has more risk and volatility, RYAN or MFC?

Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Ryan Specialty on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.