SLF vs. MFC, L, GWO, PRU, CIA, ALS, STC, CNC, PIH, and ROOT
Should you be buying Sun Life Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sun Life Financial include Manulife Financial (MFC), Loblaw Companies (L), 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.
Sun Life Financial vs.
Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) and Sun Life Financial (TSE:SLF) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.
Manulife Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sun Life Financial. Sun Life 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.
Sun Life Financial received 79 more outperform votes than Manulife Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.09% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 62.13% of users gave Sun Life Financial an outperform vote.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Life Financial has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Manulife Financial presently has a consensus price target of C$43.45, suggesting a potential upside of 1.29%. Sun Life Financial has a consensus price target of C$84.18, suggesting a potential upside of 0.18%. Given Manulife Financial's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Sun Life Financial.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 17.34% compared to Sun Life Financial's net margin of 9.90%. Sun Life Financial's return on equity of 13.65% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial and Manulife Financial both had 2 articles in the media. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Sun Life Financial's score of 0.67 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
60.2% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Sun Life Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Sun Life Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Manulife Financial pays out 68.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sun Life Financial pays out 61.4% 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. Sun Life Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Sun Life Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SLF) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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