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