Manulife Financial (MFC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Manulife Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" MFC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MFC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Manulife Financial's shares. Their MFC share price forecasts range from $27.00 to $34.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $29.29 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 59.1% from the stock's current price.
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Manulife Financial's stock was trading at $17.84 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MFC stock has increased by 3.2% and is now trading at $18.41.
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Manulife Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 28,170,000 shares, an increase of 67.7% from the April 30th total of 16,800,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,460,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.1 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 9th 2023.
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Manulife Financial Co. (NYSE:MFC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 9th. The financial services provider reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.02. The financial services provider had revenue of $13.71 billion for the quarter. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.73 EPS.

Manulife Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 24th will be given a dividend of $0.269 per share on Monday, June 19th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 23rd.
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Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.75%. MFC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 49.54%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MFC will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.38% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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438 employees have rated Manulife Financial Chief Executive Officer Roy Gori on Glassdoor.com. Roy Gori has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Roy Gori in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Manulife Financial trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MFC."

Manulife Financial's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Mackenzie Financial Corp (1.69%), National Bank of Canada FI (1.67%), Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd (1.27%), CIBC Asset Management Inc (1.02%), Toronto Dominion Bank (0.81%) and Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. (0.70%).

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One share of MFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.41.

Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) has a market capitalization of $33.98 billion and generates $13.19 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $5.53 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.18 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 40,000 workers across the globe.

Manulife Financial's mailing address is 200 BLOOR ST EAST NT-10, TORONTO A6, M4W1E5. The official website for the company is www.manulife.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (416) 926-3000, via email at investrel@manulife.com, or via fax at 416-926-5657.