MFC vs. GWO, POW, CM, SLF, IFC, NA, BNS, BN, FFH, and BMO
Should you be buying Manulife Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manulife Financial include Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Power Co. of Canada (POW), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Intact Financial (IFC), National Bank of Canada (NA), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Brookfield (BN), Fairfax Financial (FFH), and Bank of Montreal (BMO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Great-West Lifeco (TSE:GWO) and Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Great-West Lifeco has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manulife Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Great-West Lifeco. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great-West Lifeco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
12.1% of Great-West Lifeco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.6% of Great-West Lifeco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Great-West Lifeco. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Manulife Financial and 1 mentions for Great-West Lifeco. Great-West Lifeco's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Great-West Lifeco pays an annual dividend of C$2.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Great-West Lifeco pays out 75.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Manulife Financial pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Great-West Lifeco currently has a consensus price target of C$43.11, indicating a potential upside of 6.00%. Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of C$36.40, indicating a potential upside of 12.80%. Given Great-West Lifeco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Great-West Lifeco.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 20.05% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 7.95%. Great-West Lifeco's return on equity of 11.57% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
Manulife Financial received 296 more outperform votes than Great-West Lifeco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 39.03% of users gave Great-West Lifeco an outperform vote.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Great-West Lifeco on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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