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Power Co. of Canada (POW) Competitors

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C$63.71 +0.67 (+1.06%)
As of 10/24/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

POW vs. MFC, GWO, ELF, SFC, BN, BMO, BAM, BNS, CM, and NA

Should you be buying Power Co. of Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Power Co. of Canada include Manulife Financial (MFC), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), E-L Financial (ELF), Sagicor Financial (SFC), Brookfield (BN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), and National Bank of Canada (NA). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

Power Co. of Canada vs. Its Competitors

Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) and Power Co. of Canada (TSE:POW) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Manulife Financial currently has a consensus target price of C$49.44, suggesting a potential upside of 8.26%. Power Co. of Canada has a consensus target price of C$60.38, suggesting a potential downside of 5.23%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Power Co. of Canada.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Power Co. of Canada
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Power Co. of Canada had 6 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Power Co. of Canada and 9 mentions for Manulife Financial. Power Co. of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.42 indicating that Power Co. of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Power Co. of Canada
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.927708, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Power Co. of Canada has a beta of 0.905397, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Manulife Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Power Co. of Canada. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Power Co. of Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Manulife Financial-C$10.77B-7.16C$5.64BC$3.1014.73
Power Co. of CanadaC$38.74B1.05C$2.24BC$4.1615.31

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Power Co. of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$2.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Manulife Financial pays out 54.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Power Co. of Canada pays out 56.5% 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.

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 12.52% compared to Power Co. of Canada's net margin of 4.45%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 11.75% beat Power Co. of Canada's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Manulife Financial12.52% 11.75% 0.55%
Power Co. of Canada 4.45%10.06%0.47%

32.9% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.2% of Power Co. of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Power Co. of Canada shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Power Co. of Canada on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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POW vs. The Competition

MetricPower Co. of CanadaInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$40.86BC$19.79BC$4.94BC$9.66B
Dividend Yield3.94%4.99%4.41%6.50%
P/E Ratio15.315.7223.0129.41
Price / Sales1.0539.091,374.5010.82
Price / Cash0.161.48127.7683.29
Price / Book0.971.282.165.78
Net IncomeC$2.24BC$6.79BC$1.22BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance5.03%1.10%0.94%0.79%
1 Month Performance9.69%1.99%1.24%2.39%
1 Year Performance44.30%13.58%38.21%35.06%

Power Co. of Canada Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
POW
Power Co. of Canada
3.0705 of 5 stars
C$63.71
+1.1%
C$60.38
-5.2%
+43.8%C$40.86BC$38.74B15.312Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MFC
Manulife Financial
3.2806 of 5 stars
C$44.71
+0.8%
C$49.44
+10.6%
N/AC$74.92B-C$10.77B14.4240,000
GWO
Great-West Lifeco
2.2675 of 5 stars
C$57.88
+0.2%
C$58.44
+1.0%
+25.2%C$53.43BC$39.96B14.5133,500News Coverage
ELF
E-L Financial
N/AC$16.21
+0.4%
N/A-98.8%C$5.59BC$3.03B4.78300High Trading Volume
SFC
Sagicor Financial
4.0264 of 5 stars
C$8.27
+1.6%
C$10.50
+27.0%
+34.8%C$1.12BC$2.45B10.605,180News Coverage
Gap Up
BN
Brookfield
2.1406 of 5 stars
C$63.31
+1.7%
C$81.00
+27.9%
-14.0%C$139.68BC$76.08B215.83180,000
BMO
Bank of Montreal
2.4647 of 5 stars
C$176.49
+0.8%
C$167.83
-4.9%
N/AC$125.39BC$35.16B15.4746,700News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
1.2347 of 5 stars
C$76.65
+1.0%
C$79.00
+3.1%
N/AC$122.47BC$835M53.602,400
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
1.3761 of 5 stars
C$89.87
+0.6%
C$85.85
-4.5%
N/AC$110.98BC$36.00B17.1891,000
CM
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
1.2858 of 5 stars
C$113.34
+0.7%
C$108.67
-4.1%
+32.0%C$104.59BC$28.06B13.7048,552
NA
National Bank of Canada
1.1292 of 5 stars
C$152.48
+1.0%
C$144.42
-5.3%
N/AC$59.21BC$13.26B15.0228,730

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This page (TSE:POW) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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