Manulife Financial vs Primerica
MFC and PRI side by side, both in life insurance. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How MFC and PRI compare
Primerica grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.6% versus 7.1% for Manulife Financial).
Primerica pays a dividend yielding 1.7%; Manulife Financial does not pay one.
Primerica scores higher on the StockData Score (5 against 3 for Manulife Financial), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | MFC | PRI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $8.7B |
| Share price | $44.63 | $281.09 |
| Change, 1 year | 37.2% | 7.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 128% | 58.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.86 | 0.78 |
| Employees | – | 2,833 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 11.3× |
| P/S | – | 2.5× |
| P/B | – | 3.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 7.7× |
| PEG | – | 0.49 |
| Fair value | – | $240.15 |
| Margin of safety | – | −17.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.1% | 8.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −36.5% | 8.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 3.5% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 8.1% | 23.0% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 0.94% | 19.1% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 68.5% | – |
| Return on equity | 11.0% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | – | 0.89 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 15 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 21.1% |
| Buyback yield | – | 5.5% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 7.1% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 42.4% | 94.9% |
| Held by insiders | 0.00% | 0.54% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$4.5M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 4.5% |
Go deeper
- MFC stock overview
- MFC income statement
- MFC valuation and score
- PRI stock overview
- PRI income statement
- PRI valuation and score
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