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Sagicor Financial (SFC) Competitors

C$6.18 +0.01 (+0.16%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET)

SFC vs. MFC, GWO, POW, ELF, GSY, FN, CWB.PD, TSU, HCG, and SII

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), First National Financial (FN), Canadian Western Bank (CWB.PD), Trisura Group (TSU), Home Capital Group (HCG), and Sprott (SII). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

Sagicor Financial vs.

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

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
Sagicor Financial25.02% 50.57% 1.50%
Manulife Financial 17.34%10.41%0.55%

Manulife Financial received 566 more outperform votes than Sagicor Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Sagicor Financial an outperform vote while only 66.09% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sagicor FinancialOutperform Votes
3
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
569
66.09%
Underperform Votes
292
33.91%

Sagicor Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Sagicor Financial pays out 7.5% 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. 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sagicor FinancialC$1.87B0.47C$467.82MC$4.421.40
Manulife FinancialC$28.48B2.71C$4.24BC$2.3518.52

Sagicor Financial has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% 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 2 more articles in the media than Sagicor Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Manulife Financial and 0 mentions for Sagicor Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Sagicor Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sagicor Financial Neutral
Manulife Financial Positive

0.3% of Sagicor Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.2% of Sagicor Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Sagicor Financial presently has a consensus target price of C$8.75, suggesting a potential upside of 41.59%. Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of C$43.45, suggesting a potential downside of 0.17%. Given Sagicor Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sagicor Financial is more favorable than Manulife Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sagicor Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Manulife Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Sagicor Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SFC vs. The Competition

MetricSagicor FinancialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$871.81MC$15.42BC$3.71BC$6.07B
Dividend Yield5.30%5.28%4.42%5.42%
P/E Ratio1.40388.76419.5326.16
Price / Sales0.4740.381,744.901,332.85
Price / CashN/A1.6852.3482.30
Price / Book0.971.271.373.07
Net IncomeC$467.82MC$1.89BC$359.98MC$295.24M
7 Day Performance-2.68%-0.63%-1.62%-2.48%
1 Month Performance-1.75%-0.46%0.70%-0.78%
1 Year PerformanceN/A12.23%9.94%34.67%

Sagicor Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFC
Sagicor Financial
3.5489 of 5 stars
C$6.18
+0.2%
C$8.75
+41.6%
N/AC$871.81MC$1.87B1.405,180
MFC
Manulife Financial
2.1671 of 5 stars
C$44.26
+0.4%
C$43.45
-1.8%
+50.6%C$78.34BC$28.48B18.7540,000News Coverage
Positive News
GWO
Great-West Lifeco
1.169 of 5 stars
C$46.94
+0.4%
C$47.63
+1.5%
+10.1%C$43.75BC$33.04B11.7533,500
POW
Power Co. of Canada
1.4086 of 5 stars
C$46.09
-0.6%
C$47.31
+2.7%
+20.4%C$27.31BC$34.63B10.502
ELF
E-L Financial
N/AC$1,388.00
-0.9%
N/A+29.9%C$4.80BC$3.16B4.22300Positive News
GSY
goeasy
3.6729 of 5 stars
C$163.41
+1.0%
C$219.89
+34.6%
+4.1%C$2.75BC$794.25M10.632,404Dividend Announcement
FN
First National Financial
2.4221 of 5 stars
C$41.03
-0.5%
C$42.67
+4.0%
+7.2%C$2.46BC$711.26M10.801,772News Coverage
CWB.PD
Canadian Western Bank
N/AC$26.50
-0.9%
N/A+8.6%C$2.36BC$1.06B7.062,532High Trading Volume
TSU
Trisura Group
2.5048 of 5 stars
C$41.65
+2.1%
C$57.44
+37.9%
+18.8%C$1.98BC$3.07B22.399,700
HCG
Home Capital Group
N/AC$44.26
flat
N/AN/AC$1.69BC$512.55M9.88836
SII
Sprott
0.9882 of 5 stars
C$62.64
+0.5%
C$67.00
+7.0%
+39.2%C$1.59BC$182.34M28.60170News Coverage

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This page (TSE:SFC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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