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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.
Manulife Financial received 303 more outperform votes than Great-West Lifeco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.09% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 38.27% of users gave Great-West Lifeco an outperform vote.
11.0% of Great-West Lifeco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 70.7% of Great-West Lifeco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Great-West Lifeco has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 17.34% compared to Great-West Lifeco's net margin of 11.32%. Great-West Lifeco's return on equity of 13.21% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
Manulife Financial has lower revenue, but higher 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.
In the previous week, Great-West Lifeco had 1 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Great-West Lifeco and 2 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Great-West Lifeco's score of 0.59 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Great-West Lifeco presently has a consensus price target of C$47.63, suggesting a potential upside of 1.14%. Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of C$43.45, suggesting a potential upside of 0.17%. Given Great-West Lifeco's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Great-West Lifeco is more favorable than Manulife Financial.
Great-West Lifeco pays an annual dividend of C$2.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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 55.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 68.1% 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. Great-West Lifeco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Great-West Lifeco on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:GWO) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
