POW vs. MFC, GWO, ELF, SFC, BNS, CM, SLF, FFH, IFC, and NA
Should you be buying Power Co. of Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Power Co. of Canada include Manulife Financial (MFC), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), E-L Financial (ELF), Sagicor Financial (SFC), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Intact Financial (IFC), and National Bank of Canada (NA). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Power Co. of Canada vs.
Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) and Power Co. of Canada (TSE:POW) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
60.2% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.6% of Power Co. of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Power Co. of Canada shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 17.34% compared to Power Co. of Canada's net margin of 8.29%. Power Co. of Canada's return on equity of 11.29% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
Manulife Financial presently has a consensus target price of C$44.09, suggesting a potential downside of 0.31%. Power Co. of Canada has a consensus target price of C$47.31, suggesting a potential upside of 9.14%. Given Power Co. of Canada's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Power Co. of Canada is more favorable than Manulife Financial.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Power Co. of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Manulife Financial and 3 mentions for Power Co. of Canada. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Power Co. of Canada's score of -0.07 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Power Co. of Canada has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manulife Financial received 270 more outperform votes than Power Co. of Canada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.01% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 52.55% of users gave Power Co. of Canada an outperform vote.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Power Co. of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Manulife Financial pays out 68.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Power Co. of Canada pays out 51.3% 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. Power Co. of Canada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Manulife Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Power Co. of Canada. Power Co. of Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manulife Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Power Co. of Canada on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:POW) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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