MFC vs. L, SLF, GWO, PRU, CIA, ALS, STC, CNC, PIH, and ROOT
Should you be buying Manulife Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manulife Financial include Loblaw Companies (L), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), 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.
Manulife Financial vs.
Loblaw Companies (TSE:L) and Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
Loblaw Companies has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% 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.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Loblaw Companies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Manulife Financial and 5 mentions for Loblaw Companies. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Loblaw Companies' score of -0.10 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
20.7% of Loblaw Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.8% of Loblaw Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Loblaw Companies pays an annual dividend of C$2.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Loblaw Companies pays out 31.1% 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.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 17.34% compared to Loblaw Companies' net margin of 3.46%. Loblaw Companies' return on equity of 19.22% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
Loblaw Companies received 75 more outperform votes than Manulife Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.60% of users gave Loblaw Companies an outperform vote while only 66.01% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote.
Loblaw Companies currently has a consensus price target of C$201.88, indicating a potential upside of 11.41%. Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of C$44.09, indicating a potential downside of 0.34%. Given Loblaw Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Loblaw Companies is more favorable than Manulife Financial.
Manulife Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Loblaw Companies. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loblaw Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Loblaw Companies beats Manulife Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:MFC) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
