MFC vs. CB, SLF, WTW, PUK, RYAN, CRBG, PFG, AEG, EQH, and EG
Should you be buying Manulife Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manulife Financial include Chubb (CB), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Aegon (AEG), Equitable (EQH), and Everest Group (EG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Manulife Financial vs.
Chubb (NYSE:CB) and Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
83.8% of Chubb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Chubb shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held 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.
Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Chubb pays out 18.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 66.5% 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. Chubb has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years and Manulife Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
Chubb received 273 more outperform votes than Manulife Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 62.86% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote.
Chubb has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chubb has higher revenue and earnings than Manulife Financial. Chubb 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, Chubb had 28 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Chubb and 7 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Chubb's score of 0.94 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chubb has a net margin of 16.63% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 10.08%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 15.98% beat Chubb's return on equity.
Chubb currently has a consensus target price of $307.53, suggesting a potential upside of 7.19%. Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of $45.67, suggesting a potential upside of 42.37%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Chubb.
Summary
Chubb beats Manulife Financial on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MFC) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
