EQH vs. MFC, SLF, WTW, PFG, EG, RYAN, KNSL, GL, VOYA, and FG
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), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Everest Group (EG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Globe Life (GL), Voya Financial (VOYA), and F&G Annuities & Life (FG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Equitable (NYSE:EQH) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 9.28% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 0.00%. Equitable's return on equity of 16.27% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Equitable pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Manulife Financial pays out 67.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equitable pays out 29.7% 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 11 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Manulife Financial received 197 more outperform votes than Equitable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.01% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 60.19% of users gave Equitable an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Equitable. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Manulife Financial and 13 mentions for Equitable. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Equitable's score of 0.51 indicating that Equitable is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equitable has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manulife Financial currently has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.64%. Equitable has a consensus price target of $43.45, indicating a potential upside of 0.88%. Given Equitable's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Equitable.
52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Equitable shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Equitable shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Equitable on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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