MFC vs. PRU, MET, SLF, PUK, CRBG, AEG, RGA, ARES, BK, and DLR
Should you be buying Manulife Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manulife Financial include Prudential Financial (PRU), MetLife (MET), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential (PUK), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Aegon (AEG), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Ares Management (ARES), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Prudential Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Prudential Financial and 9 mentions for Manulife Financial. Prudential Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.56 indicating that Prudential Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Manulife Financial presently has a consensus target price of $33.33, indicating a potential upside of 42.03%. Prudential Financial has a consensus target price of $111.42, indicating a potential upside of 0.83%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Prudential Financial.
Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential Financial has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Prudential Financial pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Manulife Financial pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential Financial pays out 77.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 10.42% compared to Prudential Financial's net margin of 4.89%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 15.98% beat Prudential Financial's return on equity.
52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of Prudential Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Prudential Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Manulife Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Prudential Financial. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prudential Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Prudential Financial received 392 more outperform votes than Manulife Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.91% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 65.05% of users gave Prudential Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Prudential Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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