Ryan Specialty (RYAN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MFC or RYAN?

Manulife Financial received 425 more outperform votes than Ryan Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 41.25% of users gave Ryan Specialty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Manulife Financial	Outperform Votes 458 67.95%	Underperform Votes 216 32.05%
Ryan Specialty	Outperform Votes 33 41.25%	Underperform Votes 47 58.75%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MFC or RYAN?

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
Manulife Financial	$36.10B	1.47	$4.05B	$2.07	14.80
Ryan Specialty	$2.08B	8.23	$61.04M	$0.77	84.79

Which has more volatility and risk, MFC or RYAN?

Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MFC or RYAN a better dividend stock?

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Manulife Financial pays out 59.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryan Specialty pays out 57.1% 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.

Do analysts prefer MFC or RYAN?

Manulife Financial currently has a consensus price target of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.41%. Ryan Specialty has a consensus price target of $74.40, indicating a potential upside of 13.95%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Manulife Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ryan Specialty	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MFC or RYAN?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Ryan Specialty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is MFC or RYAN more profitable?

Ryan Specialty has a net margin of 10.31% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 9.79%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 47.90% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manulife Financial	9.79%	16.11%	0.77%
Ryan Specialty	10.31%	47.90%	6.36%

Does the media refer more to MFC or RYAN?

In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Ryan Specialty. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Manulife Financial and 10 mentions for Ryan Specialty. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Ryan Specialty's score of 0.38 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryan Specialty	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Ryan Specialty on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.