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AEG vs. MFC, SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EQH, EG, and BNT

Should you be buying Aegon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aegon include Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Equitable (EQH), Everest Group (EG), and Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Aegon vs.

Aegon (NYSE:AEG) and Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.

Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of $45.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.73%. Given Manulife Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Aegon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aegon
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Aegon pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Aegon pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 63.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Manulife Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Aegon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

4.3% of Aegon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Aegon had 6 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Aegon and 11 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Aegon's score of 0.70 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Aegon
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Manulife Financial
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Manulife Financial received 84 more outperform votes than Aegon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.05% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 54.02% of users gave Aegon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AegonOutperform Votes
376
54.02%
Underperform Votes
320
45.98%
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
460
68.05%
Underperform Votes
216
31.95%

Aegon has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Aegon. Aegon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manulife Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aegon$19.52B0.79-$193.73M$0.967.28
Manulife Financial$44.71B1.18$4.05B$1.9116.13

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 10.08% compared to Aegon's net margin of 0.00%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 15.98% beat Aegon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AegonN/A N/A N/A
Manulife Financial 10.08%15.98%0.76%

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Aegon on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AEG vs. The Competition

MetricAegonLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.40B$22.01B$11.50B$19.37B
Dividend Yield4.29%3.21%5.46%3.84%
P/E Ratio7.288.2622.5034.23
Price / Sales0.791.3227.3434.85
Price / CashN/A9.7017.6217.51
Price / Book1.491.402.794.69
Net Income-$193.73M$1.64B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.97%-0.06%0.37%-1.34%
1 Month Performance15.07%10.70%8.77%9.79%
1 Year Performance1.67%10.22%537.80%3.27%

Aegon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEG
Aegon
3.71 of 5 stars
$6.99
-0.6%
N/A+1.9%$15.40B$19.52B7.2822,300Upcoming Earnings
Buyback Announcement
High Trading Volume
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.8613 of 5 stars
$31.61
+2.8%
$45.50
+43.9%
+20.3%$54.14B$45.58B15.2740,000News Coverage
Gap Up
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.8582 of 5 stars
$62.48
+0.5%
$88.00
+40.8%
+23.2%$35.46B$28.68B16.2729,200Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.0488 of 5 stars
$307.46
-0.5%
$351.55
+14.3%
+23.6%$30.48B$9.81B-307.4646,600Positive News
Dividend Announcement
PUK
Prudential
3.4618 of 5 stars
$22.90
+3.1%
N/A+13.0%$29.91B$8.14B9.8714,500Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.8419 of 5 stars
$81.70
+3.5%
$83.54
+2.3%
-3.6%$18.32B$15.77B12.2319,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
2.8351 of 5 stars
$69.12
-0.9%
$75.67
+9.5%
+30.0%$18.10B$2.65B100.173,850News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.4562 of 5 stars
$32.57
+4.6%
$36.62
+12.4%
+7.2%$17.92B$16.06B8.627,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EQH
Equitable
4.4724 of 5 stars
$53.90
+5.0%
$61.08
+13.3%
+32.8%$16.38B$14.78B14.118,200Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
EG
Everest Group
4.8765 of 5 stars
$348.35
+0.1%
$397.18
+14.0%
-10.8%$14.82B$17.23B11.092,430News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
N/A$58.63
+3.4%
N/AN/A$14.34B$14.34B183.2260

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This page (NYSE:AEG) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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