MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION vs Travelers Companies, Inc., two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Manulife runs a Canadian life book, earning the spread on long-duration liabilities. Travelers writes property and casualty risk, graded on the combined ratio and reserve discipline. Travelers earns more than double the return on equity, 23.77% against Manulife's 11.55%, and trades far cheaper on earnings, 9.77 times versus 17.79. Manulife's 20.98% net margin reads above Travelers' 15.54%, though life and casualty premium are counted differently. On book value Travelers sits richer, 2.24 times against 1.78. Travelers is the larger house at $71.5B against $68.6B. Travelers pays a slim 0.86% dividend; Manulife's yield is not shown in these figures.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | MFC | TRV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $41.31 | $338.86 |
| Market cap | $70.4B | $74.0B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 18.2 | 10.1 |
| P/B | 1.82 | 2.31 |
| P/S | 3.31 | 1.51 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 380.3 |
| Revenue growth | -9.8% | +4.2% |
| Net margin | 21.0% | 15.5% |
| Return on equity | 11.6% | 23.8% |
| Return on assets | 0.6% | 5.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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