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Manulife Financial (MFC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$42.40 -1.02 (-2.35%)
As of 03:46 PM Eastern

About Manulife Financial Stock (NYSE:MFC)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$42.33
$43.43
50-Day Range
$39.69
$44.77
52-Week Range
$29.70
$45.33
Volume
12.05 million shs
Average Volume
2.30 million shs
Market Capitalization
$70.46 billion
P/E Ratio
15.82
Dividend Yield
3.37%
Price Target
$59.00
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

Manulife Financial Corporation is a multinational insurance and financial services company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in the late 19th century as The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Manulife provides a broad range of financial products and services to individual and institutional clients. Its core businesses include life and health insurance, retirement and pension solutions, wealth and asset management, and group benefits.

In wealth and asset management, Manulife operates through Manulife Investment Management and offers mutual funds, segregated funds, institutional asset management, and retirement plan solutions. The company also distributes annuities, mutual funds, and other savings products to help clients with long-term financial planning. Group benefits and employee benefits products cover health, disability, and other workplace protection solutions for corporate clients.

Manulife serves customers across Canada, the United States and key markets in Asia, and maintains a global asset management presence. In the U.S., it does business under the John Hancock brand, while in Asia it offers life insurance, wealth management and bancassurance partnerships across markets such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and China. The company serves both retail consumers and institutional clients, including pension plans and other large investors.

Manulife has developed digital distribution and advisory capabilities alongside traditional channels such as agents and brokers, and it emphasizes integrated wealth and insurance solutions to meet evolving client needs. Its leadership has focused on geographic diversification and expanding asset management capabilities to support long-term, diversified revenue streams across markets and product lines.

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Manulife Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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98th Percentile Overall Score

MFC MarketRank™: 

Manulife Financial scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 40th out of 847 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Manulife Financial has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Upside Potential

    Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of $59.00, representing about 39.0% upside from its current price of $42.45.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Manulife Financial has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Manulife Financial's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Manulife Financial are expected to grow by 7.59% in the coming year, from $3.03 to $3.26 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Manulife Financial is 15.84, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.56.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Manulife Financial is 15.84, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 29.46.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Manulife Financial has a P/B Ratio of 2.02. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Manulife Financial's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.79% of the float of Manulife Financial has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Manulife Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.61.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Manulife Financial has recently increased by 147.26%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Manulife Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 3.24%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Manulife Financial has been increasing its dividend for 12 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Manulife Financial is 53.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Manulife Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 43.87% next year. This indicates that Manulife Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Manulife Financial's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Manulife Financial has a news sentiment score of 1.58. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.82 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Manulife Financial this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    20 people have searched for MFC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 6 people have added Manulife Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -40% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Manulife Financial insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    0.04% of the stock of Manulife Financial is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    52.56% of the stock of Manulife Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Manulife Financial's insider trading history.
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MFC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Manulife Financial's stock was trading at $36.31 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, MFC stock has increased by 16.9% and is now trading at $42.45.

Manulife Financial Corp (NYSE:MFC) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 5th. The financial services provider reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.01. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript
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The following companies are subsidiaries of Manulife Financial: Standard Life, John Hancock Financial, Zurich Life, 8 Cross Street PADREF Investments Ltd., Benesure Canada Inc., John Hancock Canadian Corp., John Hancock Group, and others.

Manulife Financial's top institutional shareholders include TD Asset Management Inc (1.88%), Bank of Nova Scotia (0.88%), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (0.74%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.64%).

Shares of MFC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Manulife Financial investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), AbbVie (ABBV), Verizon Communications (VZ), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Arista Networks (ANET).

Company Calendar

Record date for 6/19 Dividend
5/29/2026
Ex-Dividend for 6/19 Dividend
5/29/2026
Dividend Payable
6/19/2026
Last Earnings
8/05/2026
Today
8/20/2026
Record date for 9/21 Dividend
8/21/2026
Ex-Dividend for 9/21 Dividend
8/21/2026
Dividend Payable
9/21/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
11/04/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
Insurance
Sub-Industry
Life & Health Insurance
Current Symbol
NYSE:MFC
CIK
1086888
Employees
37,000
Year Founded
1887

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$67.00
Low Price Target
$51.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+38.9%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
8 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$2.68
Trailing P/E Ratio
15.85
Forward P/E Ratio
14.02
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$4.14 billion
Net Margins
9.99%
Pretax Margin
12.70%
Return on Equity
16.68%
Return on Assets
0.75%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.14
Current Ratio
N/A
Quick Ratio
N/A

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$43.63 billion
Price / Sales
1.62
Cash Flow
$2.81 per share
Price / Cash Flow
15.11
Book Value
$20.98 per share
Price / Book
2.02

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
1,661,900,000
Free Float
1,661,237,000
Market Cap
$70.58 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.84

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This page (NYSE:MFC) was last updated on 8/20/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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