Sagicor Financial (SFC) Competitors

Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) and Sagicor Financial (TSE:SFC) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MFC or SFC?

60.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sagicor Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.9% of Sagicor 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.

Is MFC or SFC a better dividend stock?

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Sagicor Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Manulife Financial pays out 68.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sagicor Financial pays out 7.4% 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. Sagicor Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer MFC or SFC?

Manulife Financial currently has a consensus target price of C$39.18, indicating a potential upside of 1.80%. Sagicor Financial has a consensus target price of C$8.75, indicating a potential upside of 51.91%. Given Sagicor Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sagicor Financial is more favorable than Manulife Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Manulife Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Sagicor Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MFC or SFC?

Manulife Financial received 563 more outperform votes than Sagicor Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Sagicor Financial an outperform vote while only 66.43% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Manulife Financial	Outperform Votes 566 66.43%	Underperform Votes 286 33.57%
Sagicor Financial	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is MFC or SFC more profitable?

Sagicor Financial has a net margin of 25.02% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 17.34%. Sagicor Financial's return on equity of 50.57% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manulife Financial	17.34%	10.41%	0.55%
Sagicor Financial	25.02%	50.57%	1.50%

Which has more risk and volatility, MFC or SFC?

Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sagicor Financial has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor MFC or SFC?

In the previous week, Sagicor Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Sagicor Financial and 4 mentions for Manulife Financial. Sagicor Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.39 indicating that Sagicor Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sagicor Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MFC or SFC?

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Sagicor Financial. Sagicor Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manulife Financial, 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	C$28.48B	2.41	C$4.24B	C$2.35	16.38
Sagicor Financial	C$1.87B	0.43	C$467.82M	C$4.35	1.32

Summary

Sagicor Financial beats Manulife Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.