MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION vs PRUDENTIAL PLC, two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Manulife and Prudential plc both earn their keep on the investment spread over long-dated life liabilities. Prudential plc runs the richer book: a 19.28% return on equity and a 35.85% net margin against Manulife's 11.55% and 20.98%. The market values it dearer too, 3.21 times book against Manulife's 1.78, though on earnings they sit near, 17.26 times for Prudential plc versus 17.79. The two are almost matched in size, $68.7B for Prudential plc and $68.6B for Manulife. One leans Asian growth markets, the other Canadian and North American books, but neither yield is listed in these figures, so the split comes down to profitability and price.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | MFC | PUK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $41.31 | $28.13 |
| Market cap | $70.4B | $72.6B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 18.2 | 18.2 |
| P/B | 1.82 | 3.40 |
| P/S | 3.31 | 6.32 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 16.7 |
| Revenue growth | -9.8% | -10.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 28.8% |
| Net margin | 21.0% | 35.9% |
| Return on equity | 11.6% | 19.3% |
| Return on assets | 0.6% | 1.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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