MFC vs. GWO, POW, CM, SLF, IFC, BNS, NA, FFH, BN, and BMO
Should you be buying Manulife Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manulife Financial include Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Power Co. of Canada (POW), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Intact Financial (IFC), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), National Bank of Canada (NA), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Brookfield (BN), and Bank of Montreal (BMO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great-West Lifeco has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 presently has a consensus target price of C$36.40, indicating a potential upside of 5.75%. Great-West Lifeco has a consensus target price of C$44.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.92%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Great-West Lifeco.
Manulife Financial received 295 more outperform votes than Great-West Lifeco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Great-West Lifeco an outperform vote.
57.4% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of Great-West Lifeco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.6% of Great-West Lifeco 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.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 20.05% compared to Great-West Lifeco's net margin of 10.05%. Great-West Lifeco's return on equity of 11.74% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Great-West Lifeco had 16 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Great-West Lifeco and 10 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Great-West Lifeco's score of 0.75 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Great-West Lifeco pays an annual dividend of C$2.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Manulife Financial pays out 61.3% 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.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Great-West Lifeco on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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