RYAN vs. MFC, WTW, SLF, PUK, PFG, CRBG, EQH, EG, AEG, and GL
Should you be buying Ryan Specialty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryan Specialty include Manulife Financial (MFC), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Equitable (EQH), Everest Group (EG), Aegon (AEG), and Globe Life (GL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Ryan Specialty vs.
Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Manulife Financial pays out 58.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryan Specialty pays out 69.6% 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 12 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Manulife Financial received 425 more outperform votes than Ryan Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.05% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave Ryan Specialty an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 7 more articles in the media than Ryan Specialty. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Manulife Financial and 6 mentions for Ryan Specialty. Ryan Specialty's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Manulife Financial's score of 1.17 indicating that Ryan Specialty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Manulife Financial presently has a consensus target price of $45.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.77%. Ryan Specialty has a consensus target price of $75.27, indicating a potential upside of 3.92%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.
52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Ryan Specialty shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Ryan Specialty on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RYAN) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
