MFC vs. PUK, PRU, MET, SLF, AEG, CRBG, GL, RGA, SPG, and BBD
Should you be buying Manulife Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manulife Financial include Prudential (PUK), Prudential Financial (PRU), MetLife (MET), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Aegon (AEG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Globe Life (GL), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Simon Property Group (SPG), and Banco Bradesco (BBD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Manulife Financial vs.
Prudential (NYSE:PUK) and Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Prudential and Manulife Financial both received 450 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 64.10% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote.
Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Prudential.
1.9% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Prudential shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Manulife Financial's return on equity of 12.77% beat Prudential's return on equity.
Prudential has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Prudential. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Manulife Financial and 3 mentions for Prudential. Prudential's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.71 indicating that Prudential is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of $29.29, suggesting a potential upside of 52.05%. Given Prudential's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Prudential is more favorable than Manulife Financial.
Prudential pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Manulife Financial pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Manulife Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Prudential on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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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