ARCH CAPITAL GROUP LTD. vs MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ACGL and MFC diverge most: on revenue growth, ACGL reads +0.7% and MFC reads -9.8%; on return on assets, ACGL reads 5.5% and MFC reads 0.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ACGL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (earnings-power basis). What MFC's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (earnings-power basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ACGL | MFC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $95.54 | $42.44 |
| Market cap | $33.3B | $72.3B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 7.5 | 18.7 |
| P/B | 1.39 | 1.87 |
| P/S | 1.73 | 3.40 |
| EV/EBITDA | 206.5 | 81.6 |
| Revenue growth | +0.7% | -9.8% |
| Net margin | 24.4% | 21.0% |
| Return on equity | 19.5% | 11.6% |
| Return on assets | 5.5% | 0.6% |
| Dividend yield | 5.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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