MetLife, Inc. vs MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Two life insurers, both earning the spread on long-duration liabilities rather than underwriting property risk. MetLife is the smaller book at $56.4B against Manulife's $68.6B, but the two share close profitability: a 13.11% return on equity for MetLife against Manulife's 11.55%. Where they part is net margin, Manulife at 20.98% versus MetLife's slim 4.66%, a wide gap that reflects different product and accounting mixes. The market prices them apart too, MetLife at 16.62 times earnings and Manulife at 17.79, and on book value 2.04 times for MetLife against 1.78. MetLife pays a 2.62% dividend; Manulife's yield is not shown here.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | MET | MFC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $91.65 | $41.31 |
| Market cap | $60.1B | $70.4B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 17.7 | 18.2 |
| P/B | 2.18 | 1.82 |
| P/S | 0.77 | 3.31 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.8 | — |
| Revenue growth | +5.4% | -9.8% |
| Operating margin | 8.6% | — |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 21.0% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% | 11.6% |
| Return on assets | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| Dividend yield | 2.5% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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