RYAN vs. MFC, SLF, PFG, EG, EQH, KNSL, GL, VOYA, FG, and ACT
Should you be buying Ryan Specialty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryan Specialty include Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Everest Group (EG), Equitable (EQH), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Globe Life (GL), Voya Financial (VOYA), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), and Enact (ACT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Ryan Specialty shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Ryan Specialty. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Manulife Financial and 14 mentions for Ryan Specialty. Ryan Specialty's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.28 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Manulife Financial received 431 more outperform votes than Ryan Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.01% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 38.81% of users gave Ryan Specialty an outperform vote.
Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryan Specialty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Manulife Financial currently has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.64%. Ryan Specialty has a consensus target price of $58.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.48%. Given Ryan Specialty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 9.28% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 9.15%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 45.87% beat Ryan Specialty's return on equity.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Manulife Financial pays out 67.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryan Specialty pays out 83.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Manulife Financial has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Ryan Specialty on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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