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Loblaw Companies (L) Competitors

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C$53.93 +0.01 (+0.02%)
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L vs. MFC, GWO, SLF, 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), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Sun Life Financial (SLF), 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

8.9% of Loblaw Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.9% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Loblaw CompaniesC$62.29B1.03C$2.23BC$2.0226.73
Manulife FinancialC$47.46B1.53C$5.64BC$3.1013.80

Loblaw Companies presently has a consensus target price of C$199.25, suggesting a potential upside of 269.46%. Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of C$47.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.64%. Given Loblaw Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Loblaw Companies is more favorable than Manulife Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Loblaw Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Loblaw Companies3.71% 19.90% 5.89%
Manulife Financial 12.52%11.75%0.55%

In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Loblaw Companies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Manulife Financial and 3 mentions for Loblaw Companies. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Loblaw Companies' score of 0.11 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Loblaw Companies
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Manulife Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Loblaw Companies pays an annual dividend of C$0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Loblaw Companies pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 54.2% 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.

Loblaw Companies has a beta of 0.423253, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.982238, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Loblaw Companies and Manulife Financial tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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L vs. The Competition

MetricLoblaw CompaniesGrocery Stores IndustryDefensive SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$64.12BC$19.43BC$7.24BC$9.51B
Dividend Yield1.05%2.96%3.19%6.48%
P/E Ratio26.73238.201,068.9725.97
Price / Sales1.0341.44992,151.7910.04
Price / Cash23.18148.13144.7483.29
Price / Book1.431.969.075.62
Net IncomeC$2.23BC$886.39MC$999.43MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-1.75%-0.22%-1.28%1.70%
1 Month Performance-4.99%-3.67%-1.57%9.20%
1 Year Performance-69.66%-4.56%178.58%37.17%

Loblaw Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
L
Loblaw Companies
3.4821 of 5 stars
C$53.93
+0.0%
C$199.25
+269.5%
-69.5%C$64.12BC$62.29B26.7312,000
MFC
Manulife Financial
2.8166 of 5 stars
C$43.86
+0.7%
C$47.75
+8.9%
+9.7%C$74.32BC$47.46B14.1540,000News Coverage
GWO
Great-West Lifeco
1.77 of 5 stars
C$54.58
+1.4%
C$56.67
+3.8%
+16.8%C$50.84BC$39.96B13.6833,500News Coverage
SLF
Sun Life Financial
1.8381 of 5 stars
C$82.77
-0.3%
C$86.67
+4.7%
N/AC$46.39BC$33.39B14.6829,200
PRU
Perseus Mining
N/AC$4.33
+8.3%
N/A+73.9%C$5.85BC$1.25B16.1339,900High Trading Volume
CIA
Champion Iron
3.1602 of 5 stars
C$4.31
+2.4%
C$6.00
+39.2%
-26.0%C$2.30BC$1.53B26.94220News Coverage
ALS
Altius Minerals
1.7613 of 5 stars
C$32.49
+1.9%
C$32.40
-0.3%
+24.3%C$1.50BC$47.19M15.6219News Coverage
Analyst Revision
STC
Sangoma Technologies
2.4825 of 5 stars
C$7.04
-0.8%
C$10.63
+50.9%
-10.5%C$235.88MC$238.26M-33.521,342
CNC
Canada Nickel
N/AC$0.86
+4.9%
N/A-18.3%C$179.70MN/A-12.2974,300News Coverage
Gap Up
ROOT
Roots
1.0085 of 5 stars
C$3.23
+0.6%
C$4.00
+23.8%
+60.6%C$127.95MC$268.46M-4.09760
PIH
8002 (PIH.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$127.03MN/A0.009

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