SLF vs. IFC, GWO, NA, FFH, MFC, POW, BAM, CM, BNS, and BN
Should you be buying Sun Life Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sun Life Financial include Intact Financial (IFC), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), National Bank of Canada (NA), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Manulife Financial (MFC), Power Co. of Canada (POW), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), and Brookfield (BN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Intact Financial (TSE:IFC) and Sun Life Financial (TSE:SLF) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Intact Financial pays an annual dividend of C$4.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Intact Financial pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sun Life Financial pays out 59.3% 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. Sun Life Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Sun Life Financial received 30 more outperform votes than Intact Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.25% of users gave Intact Financial an outperform vote while only 62.86% of users gave Sun Life Financial an outperform vote.
Intact Financial currently has a consensus price target of C$236.70, suggesting a potential upside of 6.71%. Sun Life Financial has a consensus price target of C$76.82, suggesting a potential upside of 10.05%. Given Intact Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sun Life Financial is more favorable than Intact Financial.
In the previous week, Intact Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Sun Life Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Intact Financial and 4 mentions for Sun Life Financial. Intact Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Sun Life Financial's score of 0.71 indicating that Sun Life Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intact Financial has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Life Financial has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
54.7% of Intact Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Sun Life Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Intact Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Sun Life Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sun Life Financial has a net margin of 10.26% compared to Sun Life Financial's net margin of 4.59%. Intact Financial's return on equity of 13.98% beat Sun Life Financial's return on equity.
Sun Life Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Intact Financial. Sun Life Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intact Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sun Life Financial beats Intact Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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