Manulife Financial (MFC) Competitors

Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Chubb (NYSE:CB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Is MFC or CB more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manulife Financial	10.08%	15.98%	0.76%
Chubb	16.63%	13.75%	3.79%

Is MFC or CB a better dividend stock?

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Manulife Financial pays out 58.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chubb pays out 17.5% 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. Manulife Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Chubb has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MFC or CB?

Chubb received 273 more outperform votes than Manulife Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.05% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 62.97% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Manulife Financial	Outperform Votes 460 68.05%	Underperform Votes 216 31.95%
Chubb	Outperform Votes 733 62.97%	Underperform Votes 431 37.03%

Which has more volatility & risk, MFC or CB?

Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chubb has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend MFC or CB?

Manulife Financial currently has a consensus target price of $45.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.50%. Chubb has a consensus target price of $307.86, indicating a potential upside of 7.69%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Chubb.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Manulife Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Chubb	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, MFC or CB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Manulife Financial	$45.58B	1.16	$4.05B	$2.07	14.80
Chubb	$56.65B	2.02	$9.27B	$20.78	13.76

Does the media favor MFC or CB?

In the previous week, Chubb had 58 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for Chubb and 7 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Chubb's score of 0.54 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Chubb	26 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MFC or CB?

52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Chubb shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Chubb shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Chubb beats Manulife Financial on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.