AEG vs MFC vs MET Stock Comparison

Aegon, Manulife Financial and Metlife Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AEG Aegon Ltd.
$8.15 -8.4% 1M +10.1% 1Y
Market cap
$12.77B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Life Insurance Financial Services
1 win
MFC Manulife Financial Corp
$44.65 +1.8% 1M +37.0% 1Y
Market cap
$76.69B
P/E
16.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$47.47B
Div. yield
-0.03%
Life Insurance Financial Services
8 wins
MET Metlife Inc
$100.05 +2.4% 1M +27.2% 1Y
Market cap
$64.42B
P/E
18.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$79.40B
Div. yield
0.02%
Life Insurance Financial Services

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Manulife Financial leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Manulife Financial 8, Aegon 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAEGMFCMETLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $12.77B $76.69B $64.42B MFC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 16.2x 18.7x MFC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.4x 13.5x 10.1x AEG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +19.7% +8.7% MFC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 10.0% 4.3% MFC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — -101.9% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% -0.03% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +10.1% +37.0% +27.2% MFC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.8%/yr +17.5%/yr +9.3%/yr MFC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 24.3% 20.2% 24.0% MFC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 50/100 38/100 MFC

Percentile Scorecard

AEGMFCMET

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAEGMFCMET
Valuation – 60 #48 of 119 56 #53 of 119
Growth – 80 #24 of 115 18 #95 of 115
Profitability – 57 #49 of 113 17 #94 of 113
Financial Health 37 #72 of 114 13 #99 of 114 54 #53 of 114
Shareholder Returns 93 #9 of 107 39 #66 of 107 43 #61 of 107
Overall – 50 38
  • AEG ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • MFC ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • MET ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAEGMFCMETSPY
1 month -8.4%+1.8%+2.4% -0.8%
3 months -10.9%+1.4%+5.1% +3.5%
6 months +1.5%+15.7%+28.8% +7.0%
Year to date +5.7%+23.1%+26.7% +12.2%
1 year +10.1%+37.0%+27.2% +13.0%
3 years +73.0%+160.5%+71.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year +20.1%+37.6%+19.7% +23.1%
5 years +59.8%+124.0%+55.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year +9.8%+17.5%+9.3% +11.0%
10 years +86.5%+206.5%+139.4% +258.0%
10 years, per year +6.4%+11.9%+9.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAEGMFCMETSPY
Volatility, 1Y 24.3%20.2%24.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.4%21.3%24.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.860.730.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.421.831.13 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.2%-29.9%-36.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.6%-2.1%-3.4% -1.8%
52-week high $9.54$45.60$103.55 $779.14
52-week low $6.79$32.15$67.70 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAEGMFCMET
P/E now vs peer median —median 10.6x 16.0xmedian 10.6x 18.7xmedian 10.6x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.4x 1.6xmedian 1.4x 0.8xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.6x —median 7.6x —median 7.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 8.6x 3.3xmedian 8.6x 4.3xmedian 8.6x
P/B now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 1.5x 2.0xmedian 1.5x 2.3xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.52 0.72median 0.52 1.77median 0.52

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAEGMFCMET
Revenue – $47.47B $79.40B
Gross profit – – $29.06B
Operating income – – -$45.48B
Net income – $4.76B $3.66B
Free cash flow – $23.26B $14.81B
EPS (diluted) – $2.78 $5.32
Cash & equivalents $4.01B – $19.30B
Total debt $2.55B $185.03B $5.89B
Shares (diluted) 1.91B 1.71B 646.90M
Enterprise value -$14.40B -$18.19B -$42.36B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAEGMFCMET
P/E – 16.0x 18.7x
P/FCF – 3.3x 4.3x
P/Operating cash flow – 3.3x 4.1x
P/S – 1.6x 0.8x
P/B 1.2x 2.0x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 1.3x 2.0x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA – – –
EV/EBIT – 14.5x -0.9x
EV/Revenue – 2.2x 0.5x
EV/FCF – 4.4x 2.9x
EV/Operating cash flow – 4.4x 2.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.72 1.77

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAEGMFCMET
Revenue growth (1Y) – 19.7% 8.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 13.5% 4.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 6.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 10.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) – – -13.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – -0.9%
Net income growth (1Y) – -19.1% -14.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 68.2% 4.1%
EPS growth (1Y) – 14.8% -12.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 22.3% 10.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 139.4% 2.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 40.5% 10.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 139.4% 2.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 40.5% 12.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAEGMFCMET
Gross margin – – 36.6%
EBITDA margin – – –
Operating margin – – -57.3%
Pretax margin – 12.8% 6.1%
Net margin – 10.0% 4.3%
FCF margin – 49.0% 18.7%
Operating cash flow margin – 49.0% 19.6%
Return on equity – 9.2% 13.2%
Return on assets – 0.5% 0.5%
Return on invested capital – – -101.9%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover – 0.1x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 4.9x 4.3x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAEGMFCMET
Debt / assets 0.7% 6.0% 0.8%
Debt / equity 0.3x 1.2x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – 2.0x 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 97.4% 95.0% 96.3%
Equity / assets 2.6% 5.0% 3.7%
Interest coverage – 6.7x -4.7x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAEGMFCMET
Dividend yield 5.9% 4.2% 2.3%
Net buyback yield – 2.1% 3.8%
Shareholder yield 5.9% 6.4% 6.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 46.9% 41.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 9.6% 10.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) – -181.7% -0.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -1.6%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAEGMFCMET
Forward P/E 7.4xFY2026 13.5xFY2026 10.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.10FY2026 $3.31FY2026 $9.86FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +59.4%FY2026 +7.8%FY2026 +11.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +6.4% +3.6% +7.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.07BFY2026 $32.55BFY2026 $83.11BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -50.0%FY2026 +12.3%FY2026 +7.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.3% +5.6% -2.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAEGMFCMET
Held by institutions 7.9% 44.4% 75.7%
Institutions holding 306 810 1,442
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.6% 0.0% +0.7%
Institutions buying 170 383 723
Institutions selling 55 227 483
Buyers to sellers 3.09 1.69 1.50

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AEGMFCMET
AEG 1.00 0.52 0.44
MFC 0.52 1.00 0.53
MET 0.44 0.53 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AEG, MFC and MET?

Manulife Financial (MFC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Aegon (AEG) $12.77B, Manulife Financial (MFC) $76.69B, Metlife (MET) $64.42B.

Which stock is cheaper, AEG, MFC and MET?

Manulife Financial (MFC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Manulife Financial (MFC) 16.2x, Metlife (MET) 18.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Aegon (AEG) is cheapest (Aegon (AEG) 7.4x, Manulife Financial (MFC) 13.5x, Metlife (MET) 10.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Manulife Financial (MFC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Manulife Financial (MFC) +19.7%, Metlife (MET) +8.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Manulife Financial (MFC) has the highest net margin (Manulife Financial (MFC) 10.0%, Metlife (MET) 4.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Manulife Financial (MFC) returned the most: Aegon (AEG) +10.1%, Manulife Financial (MFC) +37.0%, Metlife (MET) +27.2%. Over five years, Manulife Financial (MFC) compounded fastest (Aegon (AEG) +9.8%/yr, Manulife Financial (MFC) +17.5%/yr, Metlife (MET) +9.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Aegon (AEG) 0.00%, Manulife Financial (MFC) -0.03%, Metlife (MET) 0.02%. Aegon (AEG) and Manulife Financial (MFC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Manulife Financial (MFC) has been the steadiest (Aegon (AEG) 24.3%, Manulife Financial (MFC) 20.2%, Metlife (MET) 24.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AEG, MFC and MET?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Manulife Financial (MFC) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.