Manulife Financial - MFC Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Manulife Financial in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings 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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7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Manulife Financial's shares. Their MFC share price forecasts range from $25.00 to $37.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $28.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 47.5% from the stock's current price.
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Manulife Financial's stock was trading at $17.84 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MFC stock has increased by 9.7% and is now trading at $19.57.
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Manulife Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,310,000 shares, an increase of 16.0% from the December 31st total of 10,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,190,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.9 days. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 15th 2023.
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Manulife Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 16th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Manulife Financial Co. (NYSE:MFC) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 9th. The financial services provider reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.02. The financial services provider had revenue of $5.96 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.51 billion.

Manulife Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 9th. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.242 per share on Monday, December 19th. This represents a $0.97 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 21st.
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Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.93%. MFC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 32.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MFC will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.93% 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include National Bank of Canada FI (1.61%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.29%), M&G Investment Management Ltd. (0.22%), Galibier Capital Management Ltd. (0.14%), Addenda Capital Inc. (0.09%) and Natixis Advisors L.P. (0.02%).

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One share of MFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.57.

Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) has a market capitalization of $36.50 billion and generates $49.32 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $5.31 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.94 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 37,000 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.