EG vs. MFC, SLF, PUK, WTW, CRBG, PFG, RYAN, BNT, EQH, and AEG
Should you be buying Everest Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Everest Group 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), Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT), Equitable (EQH), and Aegon (AEG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Everest Group vs. Its Competitors
Everest Group (NYSE:EG) and Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
Everest Group currently has a consensus target price of $402.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.67%. Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of $48.50, indicating a potential upside of 61.09%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Everest Group.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 10.46% compared to Everest Group's net margin of 4.56%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 15.67% beat Everest Group's return on equity.
92.6% of Everest Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Everest Group 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Everest Group pays an annual dividend of $8.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Everest Group pays out 42.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 67.0% 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. Everest Group 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.
Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Everest Group. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Everest Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Everest Group has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Everest Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Manulife Financial and 17 mentions for Everest Group. Everest Group's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.70 indicating that Everest Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Everest Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EG) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
