Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MFC or BNT?

52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.3% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, MFC or BNT?

Manulife Financial has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Brookfield Wealth Solutions has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer MFC or BNT?

Manulife Financial presently has a consensus target price of $45.67, suggesting a potential upside of 46.33%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Brookfield Wealth Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Manulife Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor MFC or BNT?

In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 12 more articles in the media than Brookfield Wealth Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Manulife Financial and 3 mentions for Brookfield Wealth Solutions. Brookfield Wealth Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.99 indicating that Brookfield Wealth Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, MFC or BNT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Manulife Financial	$44.71B	1.20	$4.05B	$1.91	16.34
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	$14.23B	0.98	$1.21B	$0.33	172.82

Is MFC or BNT more profitable?

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 10.08% compared to Brookfield Wealth Solutions' net margin of 0.10%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 15.98% beat Brookfield Wealth Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manulife Financial	10.08%	15.98%	0.76%
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	0.10%	0.14%	0.01%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MFC or BNT?

Manulife Financial received 460 more outperform votes than Brookfield Wealth Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Manulife Financial	Outperform Votes 460 67.95%	Underperform Votes 217 32.05%
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	N/A	N/A

Is MFC or BNT a better dividend stock?

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Manulife Financial pays out 63.9% 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 raised 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.

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Brookfield Wealth Solutions on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.