Cormark Predicts Manulife Financial's Q2 Earnings (NYSE:MFC)

Key Points

• Analysts predict that Manulife Financial Corp will report $0.72 EPS for Q2 2025, while the current full-year earnings estimate stands at $2.87 per share.
• Manulife's recent quarterly earnings report showed an EPS of $0.69, falling short of expectations, and the company recorded a revenue of $1.49 billion.
• The firm has recently increased its quarterly dividend to $0.3194 per share, reflecting an annualized yield of 4.1%, up from the previous dividend of $0.31.

Manulife Financial Corp (NYSE:MFC - Free Report) TSE: MFC - Cormark issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Manulife Financial in a report issued on Wednesday, July 30th. Cormark analyst L. Persaud forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings of $0.72 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Manulife Financial's current full-year earnings is $2.87 per share.

Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC - Get Free Report) TSE: MFC last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The financial services provider reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.70 by ($0.01). Manulife Financial had a return on equity of 15.84% and a net margin of 9.58%. The business had revenue of $1.49 billion for the quarter. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.94 EPS.

Separately, Morgan Stanley set a $46.00 target price on Manulife Financial in a research report on Monday, May 19th.

Manulife Financial Price Performance

NYSE MFC traded down $0.50 on Friday, hitting $30.46. 2,232,975 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,744,406. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $31.30 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $30.55. Manulife Financial has a fifty-two week low of $23.30 and a fifty-two week high of $33.07. The firm has a market cap of $51.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.95, a P/E/G ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.01.

Manulife Financial Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 19th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 21st were paid a dividend of $0.3194 per share. This is a positive change from Manulife Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.31. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, May 21st. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.2%. Manulife Financial's dividend payout ratio is presently 67.02%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Manulife Financial

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of MFC. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Manulife Financial by 0.5% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 74,333,649 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $2,316,162,000 after buying an additional 369,638 shares during the last quarter. FIL Ltd grew its holdings in Manulife Financial by 21.7% during the 4th quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 39,610,614 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $1,216,880,000 after buying an additional 7,053,066 shares during the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc grew its holdings in Manulife Financial by 6.6% during the 1st quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 37,093,064 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $1,155,639,000 after buying an additional 2,289,205 shares during the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp grew its holdings in Manulife Financial by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 24,614,416 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $755,367,000 after buying an additional 230,105 shares during the last quarter. Finally, 1832 Asset Management L.P. grew its holdings in Manulife Financial by 7.3% during the 1st quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 24,425,465 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $760,853,000 after buying an additional 1,660,626 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 52.56% of the company's stock.

Manulife Financial Company Profile

Manulife Financial Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides financial products and services in the United States, Canada, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through Wealth and Asset Management Businesses; Insurance and Annuity Products; and Corporate and Other segments. The Wealth and Asset Management Businesses segment offers investment advice and solutions to retirement, retail, and institutional clients through multiple distribution channels, including agents and brokers affiliated with the company, independent securities brokerage firms and financial advisors pension plan consultants, and banks.