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NYSE:MFC

Manulife Financial (MFC) Competitors

$19.25
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(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$19.16
$19.34
50-Day Range
$18.40
$19.98
52-Week Range
$14.92
$20.40
Volume
1.40 million shs
Average Volume
3.26 million shs
Market Capitalization
$35.53 billion
P/E Ratio
8.83
Dividend Yield
5.61%
Price Target
$29.29

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PrudentialOutperform Votes
450
64.10%
Underperform Votes
252
35.90%
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
450
68.18%
Underperform Votes
210
31.82%

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Prudential.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Prudential-$8.22 billion-4.72$998 millionN/AN/A
Manulife Financial$13.19 billion2.70$5.53 billion$2.188.83

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Prudential N/A N/A N/A
Manulife Financial N/A 12.77% 0.72%

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.

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

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Prudential
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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.
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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 FinancialLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$35.55B$15.19B$6.38B$15.07B
Dividend Yield5.56%3.91%7.49%3.88%
P/E Ratio8.8358.91151.4721.65
Price / Sales2.701.766,403.048.19
Price / Cash6.8655.0833.5223.99
Price / Book0.944.671.897.37
Net Income$5.53B$1.15B$662.96M$904.91M
7 Day Performance-0.16%0.13%17.77%1.72%
1 Month Performance-1.83%5.08%19.39%3.83%
1 Year Performance7.96%8.80%29.96%-2.56%

Manulife Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PUK
Prudential
2.1483 of 5 stars
$28.58
+1.3%
N/A+9.7%$39.34B$26.50B0.0014,196
PRU
Prudential Financial
2.9468 of 5 stars
$83.94
+1.1%
$99.83
+18.9%
-17.6%$30.64B$65.36B932.6739,854
MET
MetLife
3.5306 of 5 stars
$53.40
+1.4%
$76.33
+42.9%
-18.4%$40.89B$69.90B24.0545,000Analyst Revision
SLF
Sun Life Financial
2.5861 of 5 stars
$50.53
+0.8%
$72.78
+44.0%
+2.2%$29.65B$17.94B13.0929,169Positive News
AEG
Aegon
1.9826 of 5 stars
$4.72
+2.4%
$5.15
+9.1%
-5.6%$12.63B$-15,846,000,000.000.0019,087Analyst Report
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
2.6301 of 5 stars
$17.22
-2.7%
$24.45
+42.0%
N/A$11.16B$23.29B0.001,100Gap Down
GL
Globe Life
2.5947 of 5 stars
$106.74
+0.7%
$127.50
+19.4%
+13.1%$10.20B$5.21B13.163,543
RGA
Reinsurance Group of America
2.8899 of 5 stars
$142.70
-0.1%
$157.33
+10.3%
+17.8%$9.50B$16.33B10.303,800Analyst Report
Positive News
SPG
Simon Property Group
2.1961 of 5 stars
$109.17
+2.5%
$127.63
+16.9%
+6.6%$35.70B$5.29B16.543,300
BBD
Banco Bradesco
3.1107 of 5 stars
$3.39
+1.5%
$11.93
+252.3%
-11.1%$36.08B$35.24B10.9288,381

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This page (NYSE:MFC) was last updated on 6/10/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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