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UPDATED: Nov 17, 2025

Stock Analysis

MFC Logo
$33.79
-$0.57 |-1.66%
Day Range:
$33.54 - $34.28
Market Cap:
56.94B
P/E Ratio:
15.4297
Avg Value:
$30.74
Year Range:
$25.92 - $35.57
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General Information
Manulife Financial is one of the Big Three Canadian life insurers. The firm provides life insurance, annuities, and asset management products to individuals and group customers in Canada, the United States, and Asia.

The Canadian business segment contributes approximately 22% of adjusted earnings. The Asia segment operates across 12 countries and contributes around 36% of earnings, with a significant presence in Hong Kong and Singapore. The US business, which primarily operates under the John Hancock brand, contributes about 23% of earnings and is one of the top 20 life insurers in the US. Manulife's global asset and wealth management business contributes approximately 20% of its earnings and had around CAD 1.03 trillion in assets under management and administration as of the end of 2024.

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Manulife Financial (MFC) Stock Graph
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How We Grade Manulife Financial (MFC)

We grade stocks based on past performance, their future growth potential, intrinsic value, dividend history, and overall financial health.

The chart below shows how we grade Manulife Financial (MFC) across the board compared to its closest peers.

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Benzinga Edge Rankings

Benzinga Edge stock rankings give you four critical scores to help you identify the strongest and weakest stocks to buy and sell.

38.7

Growth measures a stock's combined historical expansion in earnings and revenue across multiple time periods, with emphasis on both long-term trends and recent performance.

79.9

Value is a percentile-ranked composite metric that evaluates a stock's relative worth by comparing its market price to fundamental measures of the company's assets, earnings, sales, and operating performance.

Momentum measures a stock's relative strength based on its price movement patterns and volatility over multiple timeframes, ranked as a percentile against other stocks.

60.68

Quality is a composite ranking that evaluates a company's operational efficiency and financial health by analyzing historical profitability metrics and fundamental strength indicators on a percentile basis relative to peers.

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Valuation

Earnings History (3 years)

It is important to look at a companies earnings history to see not only if they are profitable, but if their earnings are growing.
As you can see from the chart above, MFC's earnings have increased for the past three years, this is a positive sign for the stock.
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Dividend
There are few things we like to see when evaluating the quality of a company's dividend history and future

Ideally, we would like to see a company have a long history of consistently high dividend payouts that have grown at a consistent rate. From here we want to be confident that this sort of dividend growth and consistency will persist into the future.

The chart below shows the historical trend in Manulife Financial (MFC) dividend yield on an annual basis.

-18.08%
Manulife Financial (MFC) saw a decrease in it's dividend yield since 2021
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Past Performance
How has Manulife Financial (MFC) performed over the past 5 years?

The two main factors that we consider when analyzing past performance is overall return and volatility

Using these two metrics, we can determine if this stock gave its investors enough return for the risk that they took on by owning it. This is measured by the sharpe ratio, which has been used as a primary measure of risk/reward trade-off for almost 60 years.

This ratio can be interpreted as the amount of return an investor has received for the amount of risk that they took on by owning the stock over that timeframe.

Manulife Financial (MFC) sharpe ratio over the past 5 years is 1.5907 which is considered to be above average compared to the peer average of 0.6001

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Company Financials
INCOME STATEMENT
The income statement also known as the profit and loss statement, primarily focuses on the company's revenues and expenses during a particular period.

The main purpose of an income statement is to convey details of profitability and business activities. Below, is MFC's income statement for the previous four years along with its trailing-twelve- month profit & loss.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Revenue
59.84
15.28
42.89
46.20
50.78
Operating Revenue
59.84
15.28
42.89
46.20
50.78
Cost Of Revenue
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Gross Profit
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Operating Expense
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Selling General And Administration
7.83
7.78
4.33
4.86
4.90
Research and Development
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Operating Income
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Net Non-Operating Interest Income Expense
-1.01
-1.35
-1.55
-1.68
-1.54
Other Income Expense
4.58
2.91
1.78
0.29
0.20
Other Non-Operating Income Expenses
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Pre-Tax Income
8.12
8.75
6.45
7.09
7.30
Tax Provision
1.21
1.57
0.84
1.21
1.13
Net Income
6.66
7.18
5.46
5.63
5.91
Net Income Common Stockholders
6.89
7.03
4.80
5.07
5.39
Total Operating Income As Reported
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Expenses
51.72
6.54
36.43
39.11
43.48
Net Income From Continuing And Discontinued Operation
6.66
7.18
5.46
5.63
5.91
Normalized Income
6.66
7.18
5.46
5.63
5.91
Interest Income
15.70
16.13
16.12
17.48
18.63
Interest Expense
1.01
1.35
1.55
1.68
1.54
Net Interest Income
-1.01
-1.35
-1.55
-1.68
-1.54
EBIT
9.14
10.10
8.01
8.77
8.85
EBITDA
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Reconciled Cost Of Revenue
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Reconciled Depreciation
0.53
0.54
-1.42
-1.51
-1.52
Normalized EBITDA
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Tax Rate For Calcs
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.14
Tax Effect Of Unusual Items
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
BALANCE SHEET
The balance sheet is a snapshot of a companies financials during a particular period in time.

It breaks down what company owns (assets) and what a company owes (liabilities), in order to give investors an overview of its capital structure.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Assets
917.64
848.94
875.57
978.82
1,026.68
Current Assets
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Non-Current Assets
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Liabilities Net Minority Interest
858.77
792.56
826.85
925.86
973.69
Current Liabilities
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Other Non-Current Liabilities
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Equity Gross Minority Interest
58.87
56.38
48.73
52.96
52.99
Stockholders Equity
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Capitalization
69.04
67.07
59.44
65.70
64.87
Common Stock Equity
50.79
48.05
40.64
44.88
44.78
Net Tangible Assets
47.26
44.20
36.99
40.49
40.46
Working Capital
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Invested Capital
62.66
60.41
53.37
59.04
58.21
Tangible Book Value
40.88
37.54
30.33
33.83
33.80
Total Debt
11.86
12.36
12.74
14.16
13.43
Net Debt
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Share Issued
1.94
1.86
1.81
1.73
1.69
Ordinary Shares Number
1.94
1.86
1.81
1.73
1.69
CASH FLOW STATEMENTS
A companies statement of cash flows gives an investor a break down of the cash inflows and outflows from a companies operations and investment activities.
FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Cash Flow from Continuing Operating Activities
23.16
17.73
20.42
26.49
30.63
Net Income from Continuing Operations
6.91
7.18
5.61
5.88
6.17
Depreciation and Amortization
0.53
0.54
-1.42
-1.51
-1.52
Deferred Tax
-0.13
0.73
0.47
0.31
0.01
Deferred Income Tax
-0.13
0.73
0.47
0.31
0.01
Stock-Based Compensation
0.01
0.01
Other Non-Cash Items
-2.45
0.07
-0.01
Change in Working Capital
10.83
-35.42
18.75
22.89
30.68
Change in Receivables
Changes in Account Receivables
Change in Inventory
Change in Payables and Accrued Expense
Change in Payable
Change in Account Payable
Change in Other Current Assets
Change in Other Current Liabilities
Change in Other Working Capital
-0.69
-2.20
6.64
13.56
17.24
Cash Flow from Continuing Investing Activities
-24.44
-18.61
-13.72
-18.46
-23.98
Net PPE Purchase and Sale
Net Business Purchase and Sale
-0.02
-0.18
Purchase of Business
Net Investment Purchase and Sale
Purchase of Investment
Sale of Investment
Net Other Investing Changes
96.54
93.34
70.30
112.96
104.90
Financing Cash Flow
-2.05
-3.00
-5.04
-4.17
-3.95
Cash Flow from Continuing Financing Activities
-2.05
-3.00
-5.04
-4.17
-3.95
Net Issuance Payments of Debt
-2.17
0.26
1.03
1.25
1.37
Net Long-Term Debt Issuance
-2.17
0.26
1.03
1.25
1.37
Long-Term Debt Issuance
0.03
1.38
1.73
3.26
3.01
Long-Term Debt Payments
-2.19
-1.12
-0.70
-2.00
-1.64
Net Short-Term Debt Issuance
Net Common Stock Issuance
0.05
-1.86
-1.50
-3.13
-3.11
Common Stock Issuance
0.05
0.02
0.09
0.14
0.09
Common Stock Payments
-1.88
-1.59
-3.27
-3.20
Cash Dividends Paid
-2.50
-2.79
-2.97
-3.16
-3.26
Net Other Financing Charges
-0.18
1.65
-0.91
0.40
0.81
End Cash Position
83.75
81.21
79.67
89.62
97.65
Changes in Cash
-3.33
-3.88
1.66
3.86
2.69
Beginning Cash Position
87.41
84.50
78.42
84.56
94.62
Capital Expenditure
Issuance of Capital Stock
3.22
1.01
0.09
0.14
0.09
Issuance of Debt
0.03
1.38
1.73
3.26
3.01
Repayment of Debt
-2.19
-1.12
-0.70
-2.00
-1.64
Repurchase of Capital Stock
-0.61
-2.60
-1.59
-3.27
-3.20
Free Cash Flow
23.16
17.73
20.42
26.49
30.63