MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION vs PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC, two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Two life insurers, both earning on the spread from long-duration liabilities. Manulife carries the higher return on equity, 11.55% against Prudential Financial's 10.72%, and the far fatter net margin, 20.98% versus 5.52%, a wide gap rooted in different product and accounting mixes. Prudential Financial trades cheaper on earnings, 11.15 times against Manulife's 17.79, and much cheaper on book, 1.17 times versus 1.78. The two are close in size, $68.6B for Manulife against $37.8B for Prudential Financial. Prudential Financial carries debt at 0.61 and pays a 4.99% dividend; Manulife's yield is not listed in these figures.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | MFC | PRU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $41.31 | $115.37 |
| Market cap | $70.4B | $40.3B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 18.2 | 11.9 |
| P/B | 1.82 | 1.25 |
| P/S | 3.31 | 0.64 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 309.1 |
| Revenue growth | -9.8% | +6.1% |
| Net margin | 21.0% | 5.5% |
| Return on equity | 11.6% | 10.7% |
| Return on assets | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 4.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.61 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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