GWO vs. MFC, ALS, BRO, FAF, FG, MET, AXA, ERE, PRI, and MTG
Should you be buying Great-West Lifeco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great-West Lifeco include Manulife Financial (MFC), Altius Minerals (ALS), Barksdale Resources (BRO), Fire & Flower (FAF), Falcon Gold (FG), Metalore Resources (MET), Axios Mobile Assets (AXA), European Commercial REIT (ERE), Primary Energy Recycling (PRI), and Timbercreek Financial (MTG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) and Great-West Lifeco (TSE:GWO) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
Manulife Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great-West Lifeco has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Manulife Financial currently has a consensus target price of C$38.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.64%. Great-West Lifeco has a consensus target price of C$43.44, indicating a potential upside of 4.69%. Given Great-West Lifeco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Great-West Lifeco.
59.3% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of Great-West Lifeco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.6% of Great-West Lifeco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Manulife Financial received 298 more outperform votes than Great-West Lifeco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 38.78% of users gave Great-West Lifeco an outperform vote.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 18.29% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 10.05%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 11.74% beat Great-West Lifeco's return on equity.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Great-West Lifeco. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Manulife Financial and 5 mentions for Great-West Lifeco. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Great-West Lifeco's score of -0.14 indicating that Great-West Lifeco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Great-West Lifeco pays an annual dividend of C$2.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Manulife Financial pays out 70.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great-West Lifeco pays out 63.2% 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. Great-West Lifeco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Great-West Lifeco on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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