GWO vs. MFC, L, SLF, PRU, CIA, ALS, STC, CNC, PIH, and ROOT
Should you be buying Great-West Lifeco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great-West Lifeco include Manulife Financial (MFC), Loblaw Companies (L), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Perseus Mining (PRU), Champion Iron (CIA), Altius Minerals (ALS), Sangoma Technologies (STC), Canada Nickel (CNC), 8002 (PIH.TO) (PIH), and Roots (ROOT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Great-West Lifeco vs.
Great-West Lifeco (TSE:GWO) and Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Great-West Lifeco. Great-West Lifeco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manulife Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Great-West Lifeco has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
11.0% of Great-West Lifeco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.7% of Great-West Lifeco 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Great-West Lifeco presently has a consensus target price of C$52.22, indicating a potential upside of 0.25%. Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of C$45.60, indicating a potential upside of 5.65%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Great-West Lifeco.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 16 more articles in the media than Great-West Lifeco. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Manulife Financial and 4 mentions for Great-West Lifeco. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Great-West Lifeco's score of 0.53 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Great-West Lifeco pays an annual dividend of C$2.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Great-West Lifeco pays out 50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 49.8% 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.
Great-West Lifeco has a net margin of 16.06% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 12.52%. Great-West Lifeco's return on equity of 14.81% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
Manulife Financial received 299 more outperform votes than Great-West Lifeco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.82% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 38.44% of users gave Great-West Lifeco an outperform vote.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Great-West Lifeco on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:GWO) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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