Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for TSE:MFC Q2 Earnings

Key Points

• Cormark analysts estimate Manulife Financial's Q2 2025 earnings per share at $0.98, with a full-year consensus estimate of $3.61 per share.
• Recent brokerages' price targets for Manulife Financial decreased, with Barclays reducing their target from C$49.00 to C$45.00 and Scotiabank from C$53.00 to C$50.00.
• Manulife Financial has a quarterly dividend payout of $0.44 per share, representing an annual yield of 4.1% and a payout ratio of 49.79%.

Manulife Financial Co. (TSE:MFC - Free Report) NYSE: MFC - Investment analysts at Cormark issued their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Manulife Financial in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, July 30th. Cormark analyst L. Persaud forecasts that the financial services provider will earn $0.98 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Manulife Financial's current full-year earnings is $3.61 per share.

A number of other research firms have also issued reports on MFC. CIBC reduced their target price on shares of Manulife Financial from C$48.00 to C$46.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Royal Bank Of Canada set a C$51.00 target price on shares of Manulife Financial and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 15th. Barclays reduced their target price on shares of Manulife Financial from C$49.00 to C$45.00 in a report on Friday, April 11th. National Bankshares reduced their target price on shares of Manulife Financial from C$49.00 to C$48.00 in a report on Friday, July 11th. Finally, Scotiabank reduced their target price on shares of Manulife Financial from C$53.00 to C$50.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of C$47.88.

Manulife Financial Price Performance

TSE:MFC traded up C$0.61 on Friday, reaching C$42.63. The stock had a trading volume of 1,757,095 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,493,687. The company has a market cap of C$74.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.27, a P/E/G ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.06. The firm's fifty day moving average is C$42.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$42.75. Manulife Financial has a 12-month low of C$32.87 and a 12-month high of C$46.42.

Insider Activity

In other Manulife Financial news, Director Anthony Alex Silva acquired 2,200 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, May 30th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of C$43.77 per share, for a total transaction of C$96,301.92. Also, Senior Officer Trevor Kreel sold 3,636 shares of Manulife Financial stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$44.22, for a total value of C$160,781.74. In the last three months, insiders sold 62,070 shares of company stock worth $2,744,604. Corporate insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

Manulife Financial Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 19th were given a dividend of $0.44 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, May 21st. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.1%. Manulife Financial's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 49.79%.

About Manulife Financial

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.