SFC vs. MFC, GWO, POW, ELF, GSY, CWB.PD, FN, HCG, TSU, and UNC
Should you be buying Sagicor Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sagicor Financial include Manulife Financial (MFC), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Power Co. of Canada (POW), E-L Financial (ELF), goeasy (GSY), Canadian Western Bank (CWB.PD), First National Financial (FN), Home Capital Group (HCG), Trisura Group (TSU), and United Co.s (UNC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Sagicor Financial vs.
Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) and Sagicor Financial (TSE:SFC) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
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 65.78% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Sagicor Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Manulife Financial pays out 49.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sagicor Financial pays out 6.3% 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. Sagicor Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Manulife Financial presently has a consensus price target of C$46.60, indicating a potential upside of 17.53%. Sagicor Financial has a consensus price target of C$10.75, indicating a potential upside of 33.87%. Given Sagicor Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sagicor Financial is more favorable than Manulife Financial.
Sagicor Financial has a net margin of 22.28% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 12.52%. Sagicor Financial's return on equity of 56.05% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Sagicor Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Manulife Financial and 3 mentions for Sagicor Financial. Sagicor Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Manulife Financial's score of -0.14 indicating that Sagicor Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
60.2% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sagicor Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.2% of Sagicor Financial shares are owned 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.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sagicor Financial has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sagicor Financial beats Manulife Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SFC) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
