EG vs. MFC, SLF, PUK, WTW, CRBG, PFG, RYAN, EQH, AEG, and BNT
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), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), and Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Everest Group vs. Its Competitors
Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Everest Group (NYSE:EG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Manulife Financial currently has a consensus price target of $48.50, indicating a potential upside of 59.20%. Everest Group has a consensus price target of $400.83, indicating a potential upside of 17.45%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Everest Group.
In the previous week, Everest Group had 7 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Everest Group and 13 mentions for Manulife Financial. Everest Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Manulife Financial's score of 1.01 indicating that Everest Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 9.58% compared to Everest Group's net margin of 4.88%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 15.84% beat Everest Group's return on equity.
52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Everest Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Everest Group shares are held by company 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.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Everest Group pays an annual dividend of $8.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Manulife Financial pays out 67.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Everest Group pays out 41.2% 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 raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Everest Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everest Group has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Everest Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EG) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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