
Manulife Financial Co. (TSE:MFC - Free Report) NYSE: MFC - Analysts at National Bank Financial cut their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Manulife Financial in a research note issued on Wednesday, August 6th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $1.02 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.05. The consensus estimate for Manulife Financial's current full-year earnings is $3.61 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Manulife Financial's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.02 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.98 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.43 EPS.
MFC has been the subject of several other reports. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price objective on Manulife Financial from C$51.00 to C$49.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price target on Manulife Financial from C$51.00 to C$46.00 in a report on Monday, April 21st. National Bankshares decreased their price target on Manulife Financial from C$48.00 to C$47.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Barclays raised their price target on Manulife Financial from C$46.00 to C$47.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Scotiabank decreased their price target on Manulife Financial from C$53.00 to C$50.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of C$47.75.
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Manulife Financial Price Performance
Shares of TSE:MFC traded up C$0.07 during trading on Friday, hitting C$41.41. The company had a trading volume of 9,715,294 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,616,395. The stock has a market cap of C$72.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.06. Manulife Financial has a one year low of C$34.03 and a one year high of C$46.42. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of C$42.70 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$42.71.
Insider Activity at Manulife Financial
In other Manulife Financial news, Director Brooks Tingle sold 5,545 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$44.22, for a total transaction of C$245,196.57. Also, Director Aimee Decamillo sold 9,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, May 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$44.18, for a total value of C$419,748.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 739 shares in the company, valued at C$32,651.98. The trade was a 92.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Insiders sold a total of 62,070 shares of company stock worth $2,744,604 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.
Manulife Financial Dividend Announcement
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 19th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 20th will be issued a dividend of $0.44 per share. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.3%. Manulife Financial's payout ratio is currently 49.79%.
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Manulife provides life insurance and wealth management products and services to individuals and group customers in Canada, the United States, and Asia. Manulife is one of Canada's Big Three Life Insurance companies (the other two are Sun Life and Great West Life). As of Dec. 31, 2021, Manulife reported assets under management or administration of about CAD $1.4 trillion.
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