BNT vs. MFC, SLF, PUK, WTW, CRBG, PFG, RYAN, EQH, 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), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), and Everest Group (EG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Brookfield Wealth Solutions vs. Its Competitors
Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Brookfield Wealth Solutions (NYSE:BNT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Manulife Financial presently has a consensus target price of $48.50, suggesting a potential upside of 53.38%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Brookfield Wealth Solutions.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Brookfield Wealth Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Manulife Financial and 3 mentions for Brookfield Wealth Solutions. Brookfield Wealth Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Manulife Financial's score of 1.39 indicating that Brookfield Wealth Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 9.58% compared to Brookfield Wealth Solutions' net margin of 0.11%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 15.84% beat Brookfield Wealth Solutions' return on equity.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Manulife Financial pays out 67.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays out 109.1% 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 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.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Wealth Solutions has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.3% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Brookfield Wealth Solutions on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:BNT) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
