Ratings Manulife Financial Corporation Toronto S.E.

Equities

MFC.PR.J

CA56501R7673

Market Closed - Toronto S.E. Other stock markets 01:29:58 16/05/2024 am IST			5-day change	1st Jan Change
24.13 ^CAD	-0.54%		-0.86%	+5.05%

14/05	Manulife Financial, John Hancock Collaborate With MIT AgeLab on Longevity Innovation	MT
10/05	Sun Life shares slump with U.S. dental biz recovering only in 2025	RE

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.

Strengths

Thanks to a sound financial situation, the firm has significant leeway for investment.
With a P/E ratio at 11.18 for the current year and 9 for next year, earnings multiples are highly attractive compared with competitors.
The company has attractive valuation levels with a low EV/sales ratio compared with its peers.
The company has a low valuation given the cash flows generated by its activity.
The company is one of the best yield companies with high dividend expectations.
Over the last 4 months, analysts have significantly revised upwards the company's estimated sales.
The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.
The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

Sector: Life & Health Insurance

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION	+5.05%	4.69TCr	-
AXA	+13.16%	7.98TCr	B-
METLIFE, INC.	+10.59%	5.2TCr	B+
AFLAC INCORPORATED	+6.04%	4.97TCr	B
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC.	+15.32%	4.29TCr	B+
GENERALI	+28.76%	4.15TCr	B
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC.	+0.65%	2.95TCr	B
GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC.	-3.35%	2.91TCr	B-
PRUDENTIAL PLC	-9.40%	2.79TCr	A-
CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING CO., LTD.	+23.72%	2.58TCr	A

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