EG vs. MFC, SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EQH, AEG, and KNSL
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), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), and Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Everest Group vs.
Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Everest Group (NYSE:EG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
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, 1.2% of Everest Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Everest Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Manulife Financial and 14 mentions for Everest Group. Everest Group's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.98 indicating that Everest Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everest Group has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Manulife Financial received 439 more outperform votes than Everest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 52.78% of users gave Everest Group an outperform vote.
Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Everest Group. Everest Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manulife Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Manulife Financial currently has a consensus price target of $37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.14%. Everest Group has a consensus price target of $431.30, suggesting a potential upside of 13.88%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Everest Group.
Everest Group has a net margin of 16.99% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 9.79%. Everest Group's return on equity of 22.45% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Everest Group pays an annual dividend of $8.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Manulife Financial pays out 57.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Everest Group pays out 12.5% 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. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Everest Group on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EG) was last updated on 12/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
