Corebridge Financial (CRBG) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate CRBG or MFC?

Corebridge Financial presently has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.99%. Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of $45.67, suggesting a potential upside of 42.13%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Corebridge Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corebridge Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Manulife Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CRBG or MFC a better dividend stock?

Corebridge Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Corebridge Financial pays out 81.4% 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 66.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Corebridge Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and 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.

Is CRBG or MFC more profitable?

Corebridge Financial has a net margin of 11.39% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 10.08%. Corebridge Financial's return on equity of 22.69% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corebridge Financial	11.39%	22.69%	0.74%
Manulife Financial	10.08%	15.98%	0.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRBG or MFC?

Manulife Financial received 406 more outperform votes than Corebridge Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 67.50% of users gave Corebridge Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corebridge Financial	Outperform Votes 54 67.50%	Underperform Votes 26 32.50%
Manulife Financial	Outperform Votes 460 67.95%	Underperform Votes 217 32.05%

Does the media favor CRBG or MFC?

In the previous week, Corebridge Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Corebridge Financial and 8 mentions for Manulife Financial. Corebridge Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Manulife Financial's score of 1.17 indicating that Corebridge Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CRBG or MFC?

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Corebridge Financial. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corebridge Financial, 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
Corebridge Financial	$16.06B	1.13	$2.23B	$1.18	28.00
Manulife Financial	$44.71B	1.23	$4.05B	$1.91	16.82

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CRBG or MFC?

98.3% of Corebridge Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Corebridge Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, CRBG or MFC?

Corebridge Financial has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Corebridge Financial on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.