BNT vs. MFC, SLF, PUK, WTW, CRBG, PFG, EQH, RYAN, AEG, and EG
Should you be buying Brookfield Wealth Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Wealth Solutions include Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential Public (PUK), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Equitable (EQH), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Aegon (AEG), and Everest Group (EG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Brookfield Wealth Solutions vs. Its Competitors
Brookfield Wealth Solutions (NYSE:BNT) and Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of $47.50, suggesting a potential upside of 55.23%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Brookfield Wealth Solutions.
Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Wealth Solutions. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Wealth Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays out 105.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Manulife Financial pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
20.3% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 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.
Brookfield Wealth Solutions has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 10.46% compared to Brookfield Wealth Solutions' net margin of 0.11%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 15.77% beat Brookfield Wealth Solutions' return on equity.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 45 more articles in the media than Brookfield Wealth Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Manulife Financial and 4 mentions for Brookfield Wealth Solutions. Brookfield Wealth Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.54 indicating that Brookfield Wealth Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Brookfield Wealth Solutions on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BNT) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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