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EQH vs. MFC, SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, AEG, EG, and BNT

Should you be buying Equitable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equitable 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), Aegon (AEG), Everest Group (EG), and Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Equitable vs.

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

Equitable presently has a consensus target price of $61.83, indicating a potential upside of 18.69%. Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of $45.50, indicating a potential upside of 47.01%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Equitable.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Equitable
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Manulife Financial received 174 more outperform votes than Equitable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.05% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 62.17% of users gave Equitable an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EquitableOutperform Votes
286
62.17%
Underperform Votes
174
37.83%
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
460
68.05%
Underperform Votes
216
31.95%

In the previous week, Equitable had 12 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Equitable and 12 mentions for Manulife Financial. Equitable's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Manulife Financial's score of 1.02 indicating that Equitable is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Equitable
18 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Manulife Financial
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Equitable has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Equitable. Equitable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manulife Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Equitable$14.78B1.07$1.31B$3.6814.16
Manulife Financial$44.71B1.19$4.05B$1.9116.20

Equitable pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Equitable pays out 26.1% 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. Equitable 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.

Equitable has a net margin of 10.51% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 10.08%. Equitable's return on equity of 85.70% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Equitable10.51% 85.70% 0.69%
Manulife Financial 10.08%15.98%0.76%

92.7% of Equitable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Equitable shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Equitable on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EQH vs. The Competition

MetricEquitableInsurance agents, brokers, & service IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.83B$18.13B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield1.82%1.67%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio13.6425.0422.4234.53
Price / Sales1.076.7027.6234.84
Price / Cash7.2925.6617.6217.51
Price / Book8.4319.112.774.69
Net Income$1.31B$708.45M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.73%-5.93%-1.34%-2.43%
1 Month Performance6.54%-5.45%5.24%6.27%
1 Year Performance28.82%-1.75%538.04%5.78%

Equitable Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQH
Equitable
4.4743 of 5 stars
$52.10
+0.5%
$61.83
+18.7%
+28.2%$15.83B$14.78B13.648,200Positive News
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.7761 of 5 stars
$31.61
+2.8%
$45.50
+43.9%
+17.8%$54.14B$45.58B15.2740,000Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.856 of 5 stars
$62.48
+0.5%
$88.00
+40.8%
+24.3%$35.46B$28.68B16.2729,200
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.9392 of 5 stars
$307.46
-0.5%
$351.55
+14.3%
+20.2%$30.48B$9.81B-307.4646,600Positive News
Dividend Announcement
PUK
Prudential
3.441 of 5 stars
$22.90
+3.1%
N/A+12.9%$29.91B$8.14B9.8714,500Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.8214 of 5 stars
$81.70
+3.5%
$83.54
+2.3%
-7.1%$18.32B$15.77B12.2319,300News Coverage
Positive News
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.5787 of 5 stars
$69.12
-0.9%
$75.67
+9.5%
+23.8%$18.10B$2.65B100.173,850Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.4562 of 5 stars
$32.57
+4.6%
$36.62
+12.4%
+1.9%$17.92B$16.06B8.627,700Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
AEG
Aegon
3.6984 of 5 stars
$6.76
+0.7%
N/A+2.5%$14.89B$19.52B7.0422,300Buyback Announcement
High Trading Volume
EG
Everest Group
4.8728 of 5 stars
$348.35
+0.1%
$397.18
+14.0%
-15.9%$14.82B$17.23B11.092,430News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
N/A$58.63
+3.4%
N/AN/A$14.34B$14.34B183.2260News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:EQH) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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