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Manulife Financial (MFC) Competitors

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C$44.53 +0.39 (+0.88%)
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MFC vs. L, GWO, SLF, PRU, CIA, ALS, STC, CNC, PIH, and ROOT

Should you be buying Manulife Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manulife Financial include Loblaw Companies (L), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), 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.

Manulife Financial vs. Its Competitors

Loblaw Companies (TSE:L) and Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) are both large-cap insurance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

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 3.8%. 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 currently has a consensus price target of C$199.25, indicating a potential upside of 267.62%. Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of C$47.75, indicating a potential upside of 7.23%. Given Loblaw Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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%

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$2.0226.86
Manulife FinancialC$47.46B1.59C$5.64BC$3.1014.36

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

In the previous week, Loblaw Companies and Loblaw Companies both had 7 articles in the media. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Loblaw Companies' score of 0.20 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Manulife Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

7.9% of Loblaw Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.3% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 53.8% of Loblaw Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Loblaw Companies beats Manulife Financial on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MFC vs. The Competition

MetricManulife FinancialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$75.64BC$18.90BC$6.42BC$9.42B
Dividend Yield3.99%4.96%4.31%6.50%
P/E Ratio14.3668.731,771.2625.95
Price / Sales1.5943.661,352.689.54
Price / Cash1.701.4848.9983.29
Price / Book1.531.282.075.61
Net IncomeC$5.64BC$6.79BC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance4.85%-0.01%1.07%1.82%
1 Month Performance6.02%0.33%1.78%8.55%
1 Year Performance16.72%13.29%32.11%37.62%

Manulife Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MFC
Manulife Financial
2.5126 of 5 stars
C$44.53
+0.9%
C$47.75
+7.2%
+15.7%C$75.64BC$47.46B14.3640,000News Coverage
L
Loblaw Companies
3.6772 of 5 stars
C$56.37
-0.4%
C$199.25
+253.5%
-69.2%C$67.02BC$62.29B27.9412,000News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
GWO
Great-West Lifeco
2.1848 of 5 stars
C$54.21
+0.1%
C$56.67
+4.5%
+21.7%C$50.50BC$39.96B13.5933,500
SLF
Sun Life Financial
2.8341 of 5 stars
C$80.73
+0.9%
C$86.67
+7.4%
+7.6%C$45.38BC$33.39B14.3129,200
PRU
Perseus Mining
N/AC$3.86
+0.8%
N/A+68.1%C$5.22BC$1.25B14.3839,900
CIA
Champion Iron
3.1693 of 5 stars
C$4.10
-0.2%
C$6.00
+46.3%
-19.9%C$2.19BC$1.53B25.63220Positive News
ALS
Altius Minerals
1.7013 of 5 stars
C$29.97
-0.4%
C$31.83
+6.2%
+15.4%C$1.39BC$47.19M14.4119
STC
Sangoma Technologies
1.8427 of 5 stars
C$7.73
-1.3%
C$11.50
+48.8%
+95.7%C$259.00MC$238.26M-36.811,342
CNC
Canada Nickel
N/AC$0.88
-1.1%
N/A-25.0%C$183.88MN/A-12.5774,300
PIH
8002 (PIH.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$127.03MN/A0.009
ROOT
Roots
2.0877 of 5 stars
C$3.13
-0.3%
C$3.75
+19.8%
+48.4%C$125.75MC$265.44M-3.86760Gap Up

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