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Great-West Lifeco (GWO) Competitors

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C$54.79 -0.35 (-0.63%)
As of 03:00 PM Eastern

GWO vs. MFC, L, SLF, PRU, CIA, ALS, STC, CNC, PIH, and ROOT

Should you be buying Great-West Lifeco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great-West Lifeco include Manulife Financial (MFC), Loblaw Companies (L), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Perseus Mining (PRU), Champion Iron (CIA), Altius Minerals (ALS), Sangoma Technologies (STC), Canada Nickel (CNC), 8002 (PIH.TO) (PIH), and Roots (ROOT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Great-West Lifeco vs. Its Competitors

Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) and Great-West Lifeco (TSE:GWO) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Manulife Financial currently has a consensus target price of C$47.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.33%. Great-West Lifeco has a consensus target price of C$56.67, suggesting a potential upside of 3.43%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Great-West Lifeco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Great-West Lifeco
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Great-West Lifeco. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Manulife Financial and 1 mentions for Great-West Lifeco. Great-West Lifeco's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.27 indicating that Great-West Lifeco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Great-West Lifeco
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Great-West Lifeco pays an annual dividend of C$2.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Manulife Financial pays out 54.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great-West Lifeco pays out 58.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

31.4% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.3% of Great-West Lifeco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.7% of Great-West Lifeco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.982238, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great-West Lifeco has a beta of 0.681146, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Great-West Lifeco has a net margin of 16.06% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 12.52%. Great-West Lifeco's return on equity of 14.81% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Manulife Financial12.52% 11.75% 0.55%
Great-West Lifeco 16.06%14.81%0.73%

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Great-West Lifeco. Great-West Lifeco 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
Manulife FinancialC$47.46B1.58C$5.64BC$3.1014.22
Great-West LifecoC$39.96B1.28C$4.07BC$3.9913.73

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Great-West Lifeco on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GWO vs. The Competition

MetricGreat-West LifecoInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$51.04BC$18.89BC$6.37BC$9.41B
Dividend Yield4.47%5.03%4.32%6.51%
P/E Ratio13.7369.551,776.4025.81
Price / Sales1.2843.691,355.229.47
Price / Cash0.211.48127.5183.29
Price / Book1.561.282.065.52
Net IncomeC$4.07BC$6.79BC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance1.13%0.07%6.72%1.43%
1 Month Performance2.53%1.90%7.78%8.49%
1 Year Performance20.63%16.21%31.32%36.28%

Great-West Lifeco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GWO
Great-West Lifeco
2.089 of 5 stars
C$54.79
-0.6%
C$56.67
+3.4%
+22.9%C$51.04BC$39.96B13.7333,500
MFC
Manulife Financial
2.4599 of 5 stars
C$42.47
0.0%
C$47.75
+12.4%
+17.2%C$72.14BC$47.46B13.7040,000Insider Trade
L
Loblaw Companies
3.0385 of 5 stars
C$56.37
-0.4%
C$199.25
+253.5%
-68.2%C$67.02BC$62.29B27.9412,000News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SLF
Sun Life Financial
2.6544 of 5 stars
C$80.73
+0.9%
C$86.67
+7.4%
+9.8%C$45.38BC$33.39B14.3129,200News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
PRU
Perseus Mining
N/AC$3.86
+0.8%
N/A+85.0%C$5.22BC$1.25B14.3839,900
CIA
Champion Iron
3.2151 of 5 stars
C$4.10
-0.2%
C$6.00
+46.3%
-15.2%C$2.19BC$1.53B25.63220Positive News
ALS
Altius Minerals
1.7526 of 5 stars
C$29.97
-0.4%
C$31.83
+6.2%
+23.7%C$1.39BC$47.19M14.4119
STC
Sangoma Technologies
2.2289 of 5 stars
C$7.73
-1.3%
C$11.50
+48.8%
+90.7%C$259.00MC$238.26M-36.811,342News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CNC
Canada Nickel
N/AC$0.88
-1.1%
N/A-18.3%C$183.88MN/A-12.5774,300
PIH
8002 (PIH.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$127.03MN/A0.009
ROOT
Roots
1.5833 of 5 stars
C$3.13
-0.3%
C$3.75
+19.8%
+48.8%C$125.75MC$265.44M-3.86760News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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