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Manulife Financial (MFC) Competitors

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MFC vs. CB, SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EQH, AEG, 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), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.

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 62.86% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ChubbOutperform Votes
733
62.86%
Underperform Votes
433
37.14%
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
460
68.05%
Underperform Votes
216
31.95%

83.8% of Chubb shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Chubb shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Chubb has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

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
Chubb16.63% 13.75% 3.79%
Manulife Financial 10.08%15.98%0.76%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chubb$56.73B2.05$9.27B$20.7814.00
Manulife Financial$44.71B1.20$4.05B$1.9116.37

In the previous week, Chubb had 37 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Chubb and 11 mentions for Manulife Financial. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Manulife Financial's score of 1.09 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chubb
30 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Manulife Financial
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Chubb presently has a consensus price target of $307.53, suggesting a potential upside of 5.72%. Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of $45.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.52%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Chubb.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chubb
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Chubb pays out 17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 63.9% 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.

Summary

Chubb beats Manulife Financial on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MFC vs. The Competition

MetricManulife FinancialLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$53.44B$22.17B$11.60B$19.60B
Dividend Yield3.82%3.21%5.46%3.84%
P/E Ratio15.078.3822.7034.82
Price / Sales1.201.3327.4735.62
Price / Cash10.489.7017.6217.51
Price / Book1.591.422.834.75
Net Income$4.05B$1.64B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.18%1.00%0.35%0.03%
1 Month Performance10.02%11.89%8.60%11.37%
1 Year Performance18.51%11.37%538.67%4.74%

Manulife Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.8805 of 5 stars
$31.27
-0.7%
$45.50
+45.5%
+20.3%$53.44B$44.71B15.0740,000Positive News
CB
Chubb
4.8873 of 5 stars
$289.46
-0.1%
$307.86
+6.4%
+10.3%$115.99B$56.73B12.7434,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.8813 of 5 stars
$62.48
+0.5%
$88.00
+40.8%
+23.2%$35.46B$28.68B16.2729,200Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.1018 of 5 stars
$307.46
-0.5%
$351.55
+14.3%
+23.6%$30.48B$9.81B-307.4646,600Positive News
Dividend Announcement
PUK
Prudential
3.5362 of 5 stars
$22.90
+3.1%
N/A+13.0%$29.91B$8.14B9.8714,500Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.8928 of 5 stars
$81.70
+3.5%
$83.54
+2.3%
-3.6%$18.32B$15.77B12.2319,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
2.8772 of 5 stars
$69.12
-0.9%
$75.67
+9.5%
+30.0%$18.10B$2.65B100.173,850News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.5091 of 5 stars
$32.57
+4.6%
$36.62
+12.4%
+7.2%$17.92B$16.06B8.627,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EQH
Equitable
4.5403 of 5 stars
$53.90
+5.0%
$61.08
+13.3%
+32.8%$16.38B$14.78B14.118,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AEG
Aegon
3.7277 of 5 stars
$6.76
+0.7%
N/A+1.9%$14.89B$19.52B7.0422,300Upcoming Earnings
Buyback Announcement
High Trading Volume
EG
Everest Group
4.8949 of 5 stars
$348.35
+0.1%
$397.18
+14.0%
-10.8%$14.82B$17.23B11.092,430News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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