Manulife Financial (MFC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Manulife Financial Corporation, a leading international financial services provider that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better by providing financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as MFC on the TSX, NYSE, and PSE, and under 945 on the SEHK. Manulife can be found at manulife.com. One of the largest life insurers in the United States, John Hancock supports more than ten million Americans with a broad range of financial products, including life insurance and annuities. John Hancock also supports US investors by bringing investment capabilities and retirement planning and administration expertise to individuals and institutions.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$59.68 to C$60.37
• 50-Day Range: C$51.50 to C$60.86
• 52-Week Range: C$41.08 to C$61.18
• Volume: 566,569 shs
• Average Volume: 6.06 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$100.33 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.40
• Dividend Yield: 2.99%
• Price Target: C$58.78
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Manulife Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Manulife Financial scored higher than 53% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Manulife Financial has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 7 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Manulife Financial is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Manulife Financial has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Manulife Financial is 17.35, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.07.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Manulife Financial is 17.35, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 29.52.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Manulife Financial has a PEG Ratio of 1.01. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Manulife Financial has a P/B Ratio of 1.90. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for MFC.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Manulife Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 3.05%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Manulife Financial does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Manulife Financial is 52.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.52

News Sentiment

Manulife Financial has a news sentiment score of 0.52. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.84 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Manulife Financial this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 12 people have searched for MFC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Manulife Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Manulife Financial insiders have sold 5,792.93% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$124,075.00 in company stock and sold C$7,311,659.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.03% of the stock of Manulife Financial is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

32.83% of the stock of Manulife Financial is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/13/2026
• Today: 7/21/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Insurance - Life
• Sub-Industry: Insurance
• Current Symbol: TSE:MFC
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.manulife.com
• Phone: +1-416-9263427
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 40,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Manulife Financial: C$58.78
• High Price Target: C$69.00
• Low Price Target: C$52.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -2.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$3.47
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.38
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.71
• P/E Growth: 1.01
• Net Income: C$5.64 billion
• Net Margins: 11.97%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 12.60%
• Return on Assets: 0.55%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 26.11
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: 2.58

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$53.19 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.88
• Cash Flow: C$35.58 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.70
• Book Value: C$31.66 per share
• Price / Book: 1.91

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,661,902,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$100.25 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.71