Everest Group (EG) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, EG or MFC?

Everest Group has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate EG or MFC?

Everest Group currently has a consensus target price of $398.09, indicating a potential upside of 14.61%. Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of $45.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.95%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Everest Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Everest Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Manulife Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor EG or MFC?

In the previous week, Everest Group had 7 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Everest Group and 19 mentions for Manulife Financial. Everest Group's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Manulife Financial's score of 1.09 indicating that Everest Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Everest Group	21 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Manulife Financial	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EG or MFC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Everest Group	$17.23B	0.86	$1.37B	$19.44	17.87
Manulife Financial	$44.71B	1.22	$4.05B	$1.91	16.66

Is EG or MFC a better dividend stock?

Everest Group pays an annual dividend of $8.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Everest Group pays out 41.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 63.9% 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and 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.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in EG or MFC?

92.6% of Everest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Everest Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EG or MFC more profitable?

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 10.08% compared to Everest Group's net margin of 7.95%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 15.98% beat Everest Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Everest Group	7.95%	9.04%	2.39%
Manulife Financial	10.08%	15.98%	0.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EG or MFC?

Manulife Financial received 432 more outperform votes than Everest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.05% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 51.85% of users gave Everest Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Everest Group	Outperform Votes 28 51.85%	Underperform Votes 26 48.15%
Manulife Financial	Outperform Votes 460 68.05%	Underperform Votes 216 31.95%

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Everest Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.