Manulife Financial (MFC) Competitors

Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and MetLife (NYSE:MET) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is MFC or MET more profitable?

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 9.28% compared to MetLife's net margin of 3.50%. MetLife's return on equity of 20.39% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manulife Financial	9.28%	16.27%	0.79%
MetLife	3.50%	20.39%	0.87%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MFC or MET?

MetLife received 469 more outperform votes than Manulife Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.53% of users gave MetLife an outperform vote while only 67.96% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Manulife Financial	Outperform Votes 456 67.96%	Underperform Votes 215 32.04%
MetLife	Outperform Votes 925 73.53%	Underperform Votes 333 26.47%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MFC or MET?

52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of MetLife shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MetLife shares are owned by 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, MFC or MET?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Manulife Financial	$36.10B	1.29	$4.05B	$1.72	15.09
MetLife	$66.91B	0.77	$1.58B	$2.91	24.87

Does the media prefer MFC or MET?

In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 1 more articles in the media than MetLife. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Manulife Financial and 6 mentions for MetLife. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat MetLife's score of 0.64 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MetLife	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer MFC or MET?

Manulife Financial currently has a consensus target price of $33.33, suggesting a potential upside of 28.40%. MetLife has a consensus target price of $79.08, suggesting a potential upside of 9.27%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than MetLife.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Manulife Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
MetLife	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Is MFC or MET a better dividend stock?

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. MetLife pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Manulife Financial pays out 67.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MetLife pays out 74.9% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, MFC or MET?

Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MetLife has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MetLife beats Manulife Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.