CB vs. MFC, SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, EG, RYAN, CRBG, AEG, and EQH
Should you be buying Chubb stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chubb include Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Everest Group (EG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Aegon (AEG), and Equitable (EQH). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Chubb (NYSE:CB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
Chubb has a net margin of 18.14% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 9.18%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 16.16% beat Chubb's return on equity.
52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Chubb shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Chubb shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chubb has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chubb received 258 more outperform votes than Manulife Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 63.42% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote.
Manulife Financial currently has a consensus price target of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 31.81%. Chubb has a consensus price target of $274.70, indicating a potential downside of 4.45%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Chubb.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Manulife Financial pays out 66.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chubb pays out 16.2% 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 increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Chubb has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years.
Chubb has higher revenue and earnings than Manulife Financial. Chubb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manulife Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Chubb had 16 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Chubb and 12 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Chubb's score of 0.56 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Chubb beats Manulife Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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