Chubb Limited vs MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Chubb writes property and casualty insurance, where earnings turn on the combined ratio and on reserves set years ahead of the claims. Manulife runs a Canadian life book, earning the spread on long-duration float. Chubb is the larger house at $134.7B against Manulife's $68.6B, and the more lightly priced one at 12.08 times earnings versus 17.79. Chubb's 14.14% return on equity edges Manulife's 11.55%, while Manulife's 20.98% net margin reads higher than Chubb's 18.58%, a quirk of how life premium counts. Book values sit near each other, 1.69 times for Chubb and 1.78 for Manulife. Chubb carries little debt at 0.22 and pays 1.12%; Manulife's yield is not shown.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CB | MFC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $347.77 | $41.31 |
| Market cap | $137.2B | $70.4B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 12.3 | 18.2 |
| P/B | 1.72 | 1.82 |
| P/S | 2.26 | 3.31 |
| Revenue growth | +8.2% | -9.8% |
| Net margin | 18.6% | 21.0% |
| Return on equity | 14.1% | 11.6% |
| Return on assets | 4.1% | 0.6% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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