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MFC vs. BHF, AMP, BMO, BN, PRI, PRU, RGA, SLF, VOYA, and CB

Should you be buying Manulife Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manulife Financial include Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Bank Of Montreal (BMO), Brookfield (BN), Primerica (PRI), Prudential Financial (PRU), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Voya Financial (VOYA), and Chubb (CB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Manulife Financial vs. Its Competitors

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

Brighthouse Financial currently has a consensus price target of $60.60, indicating a potential upside of 16.25%. Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of $48.50, indicating a potential upside of 57.88%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Brighthouse Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brighthouse Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Brighthouse Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Brighthouse Financial and 6 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Brighthouse Financial's score of 0.03 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Brighthouse Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Manulife Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial 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
Brighthouse Financial$4.72B0.63$388M$8.346.25
Manulife Financial$38.90B1.35$4.11B$1.9116.08

Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 9.58% compared to Brighthouse Financial's net margin of 8.71%. Brighthouse Financial's return on equity of 25.60% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brighthouse Financial8.71% 25.60% 0.54%
Manulife Financial 9.58%15.84%0.75%

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Brighthouse Financial on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MFC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MFC vs. The Competition

MetricManulife FinancialINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$52.04B$13.88B$11.98B$20.59B
Dividend Yield4.19%3.72%5.54%3.73%
P/E Ratio16.089.9319.0126.08
Price / Sales1.351.5025.3743.16
Price / Cash10.038.2521.4822.41
Price / Book1.571.382.294.61
Net Income$4.11B$1.16B$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-2.85%-2.00%0.18%3.26%
1 Month Performance-4.10%-0.19%3.09%4.37%
1 Year Performance13.07%9.36%540.36%14.95%

Manulife Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.9924 of 5 stars
$30.72
+0.8%
$48.50
+57.9%
+13.1%$52.04B$38.90B16.0837,000
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
4.6806 of 5 stars
$53.77
-1.2%
$60.80
+13.1%
+18.9%$3.09B$6.69B6.451,400Analyst Forecast
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.6435 of 5 stars
$534.26
+1.2%
$519.00
-2.9%
+24.4%$50.87B$17.26B18.1513,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BMO
Bank Of Montreal
4.6624 of 5 stars
$110.62
+1.4%
$129.50
+17.1%
+33.6%$79.67B$58.27B14.3546,700
BN
Brookfield
3.4351 of 5 stars
$61.88
+0.5%
$66.13
+6.9%
+45.1%$101.98B$86.01B221.00250,000Positive News
PRI
Primerica
4.2578 of 5 stars
$273.50
+1.9%
$308.00
+12.6%
+15.5%$9.05B$3.16B18.392,874High Trading Volume
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9641 of 5 stars
$107.43
+0.3%
$120.15
+11.8%
-10.2%$38.03B$68.05B17.0339,900Analyst Forecast
RGA
Reinsurance Group of America
4.8928 of 5 stars
$198.54
+0.5%
$228.85
+15.3%
-5.8%$13.12B$22.11B16.754,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.9506 of 5 stars
$66.40
+0.7%
$88.00
+32.5%
+25.3%$37.42B$28.32B16.9029,200Analyst Downgrade
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.9954 of 5 stars
$71.01
+0.5%
$82.08
+15.6%
+3.4%$6.83B$8.05B13.4010,000Analyst Forecast
CB
Chubb
4.8505 of 5 stars
$289.73
+1.6%
$307.53
+6.1%
+10.3%$116.10B$55.75B13.9443,000Positive News
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This page (NYSE:MFC) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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