Manulife Financial (MFC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Manulife Financial Corporation is a Canada-based financial services company that provides insurance, wealth management and asset management products to individuals, businesses and institutional clients. Its offerings include life and health insurance, retirement solutions, investment products, group benefits and long-term care coverage.

Manulife serves customers primarily in Canada, the United States and Asia. In the United States, its insurance and retirement businesses operate under the John Hancock brand. The company also provides investment management and advisory services through its global asset management operations, serving both retail and institutional investors.

Founded in 1887, Manulife has grown from a Canadian life insurance provider into an international financial services organization. Its business is focused on helping customers protect their financial well-being, prepare for retirement and manage investments over the long term.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $43.33 to $44.21
• 50-Day Range: $41.32 to $44.77
• 52-Week Range: $30.52 to $45.33
• Volume: 1.68 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.44 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $72.60 billion
• P/E Ratio: 16.33
• Dividend Yield: 3.15%
• Price Target: $59.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Manulife Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Manulife Financial scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 18th out of 851 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Manulife Financial has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.13, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of $59.00, representing about 34.8% upside from its current price of $43.76.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Manulife Financial has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.33%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Manulife Financial are expected to grow by 13.33% in the coming year, from $3.00 to $3.40 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Manulife Financial is 16.33, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 42.18.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Manulife Financial is 16.33, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 23.50.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Manulife Financial has a P/B Ratio of 2.24. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.94% of the float of Manulife Financial has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Manulife Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.88.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Manulife Financial has recently decreased by 29.74%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Manulife Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 3.15%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Manulife Financial has been increasing its dividend for 12 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Manulife Financial is 51.49%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Manulife Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.59% next year. This indicates that Manulife Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.20

News Sentiment

Manulife Financial has a news sentiment score of 1.20. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.83 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Manulife Financial this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 19 people have searched for MFC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -10% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 3 people have added Manulife Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -63% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Manulife Financial insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.04% of the stock of Manulife Financial is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

52.56% of the stock of Manulife Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/19 Dividend: 5/29/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/19 Dividend: 5/29/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/19/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 9/21 Dividend: 8/21/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/21 Dividend: 8/21/2026
• Today: 9/16/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/21/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Life & Health Insurance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:MFC
• CIK: 1086888
• Web: www.manulife.com
• Phone: (416) 926-3000
• Fax: 416-926-5657
• Employees: 37,000
• Year Founded: 1887

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Manulife Financial: $59.00
• High Price Target: $67.00
• Low Price Target: $51.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +34.8%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.13
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.68
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.33
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.59
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $4.14 billion
• Net Margins: 9.99%
• Pretax Margin: 12.70%
• Return on Equity: 16.68%
• Return on Assets: 0.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.14
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $43.63 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.66
• Cash Flow: $2.91 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.06
• Book Value: $19.56 per share
• Price / Book: 2.24

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,659,250,000
• Free Float: 1,658,585,000
• Market Cap: $72.60 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.83