L vs. MFC, SLF, GWO, PRU, CIA, ALS, STC, CNC, ROOT, and PIH
Should you be buying Loblaw Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Loblaw Companies include Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Perseus Mining (PRU), Champion Iron (CIA), Altius Minerals (ALS), Sangoma Technologies (STC), Canada Nickel (CNC), Roots (ROOT), and 8002 (PIH.TO) (PIH). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Loblaw Companies vs. Its Competitors
Loblaw Companies (TSE:L) and Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) are both large-cap insurance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends and valuation.
Manulife Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Loblaw Companies. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loblaw Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Loblaw Companies pays an annual dividend of C$2.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Loblaw Companies pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 49.8% 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.
In the previous week, Loblaw Companies had 1 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Loblaw Companies and 1 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Loblaw Companies' score of 0.41 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 12.52% compared to Loblaw Companies' net margin of 3.71%. Loblaw Companies' return on equity of 19.90% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
Loblaw Companies currently has a consensus target price of C$236.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.69%. Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of C$48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.18%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Loblaw Companies.
20.7% of Loblaw Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.8% of Loblaw Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Loblaw Companies has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Loblaw Companies on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:L) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
