MFC vs. PRU, MET, SLF, PUK, CRBG, AEG, RGA, CM, O, and ARES
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), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Realty Income (O), and Ares Management (ARES). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) and Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
Prudential Financial has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Prudential Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Manulife Financial and 10 mentions for Prudential Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Prudential Financial's score of 0.43 indicating that Prudential Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
56.8% of Prudential Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Prudential Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Prudential Financial pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Prudential Financial pays out 88.4% 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 pays out 67.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential Financial has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Manulife Financial has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Manulife Financial has a net margin of 9.28% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 3.76%. Prudential Financial's return on equity of 16.27% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.
Prudential Financial received 391 more outperform votes than Manulife Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.96% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave Prudential Financial an outperform vote.
Prudential Financial currently has a consensus price target of $111.08, indicating a potential downside of 8.43%. Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of $33.33, indicating a potential upside of 24.89%. Given Prudential Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Prudential Financial.
Manulife Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
Manulife Financial beats Prudential Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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