BLNC vs MFC vs PNC Stock Comparison

Balance Labs, Manulife Financial and Pnc Financial Services Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BLNC Balance Labs, Inc.
$1.55 0.0% 1M -29.5% 1Y
Market cap
$72.62M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
-$10.17K
Div. yield
–
Financial Advisory Financial Services
MFC Manulife Financial Corp
$44.65 +1.8% 1M +37.0% 1Y
Market cap
$76.64B
P/E
16.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$47.47B
Div. yield
-0.03%
Life Insurance Financial Services
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Manulife Financial leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Manulife Financial 5, Pnc Financial Services 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLNCMFCPNCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $72.62M $76.64B $91.78B PNC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -2.3x 16.2x 12.6x PNC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.5x 11.6x PNC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +19.7% +13.2% MFC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 10.0% 29.2% PNC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 11.7% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 4.2x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — -0.03% 0.03% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -29.5% +37.0% +21.1% MFC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.2%/yr +17.5%/yr +1.2%/yr MFC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.3% 20.2% 21.3% MFC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 7/100 50/100 39/100 MFC

Percentile Scorecard

BLNCMFCPNC

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

AxisBLNCMFCPNC
Valuation 11 #164 of 184 60 #48 of 119 14 #311 of 362
Growth 1 #112 of 113 80 #24 of 115 35 #144 of 221
Profitability – 57 #49 of 113 62 #76 of 200
Financial Health 9 #152 of 167 13 #99 of 114 17 #169 of 203
Shareholder Returns – 39 #66 of 107 66 #118 of 342
Overall 7 50 39
  • BLNC ranked among 212 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • MFC ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • PNC ranked among 370 companies in Banking

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBLNCMFCPNCSPY
1 month 0.0%+1.8%+0.1% -0.8%
3 months 0.0%+1.4%-9.5% +3.5%
6 months 0.0%+15.7%+2.0% +7.0%
Year to date 0.0%+23.1%+8.2% +12.2%
1 year -29.5%+37.0%+21.1% +13.0%
3 years +573.9%+160.5%+103.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +89.0%+37.6%+26.6% +23.1%
5 years +55.0%+124.0%+6.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year +9.2%+17.5%+1.2% +11.0%
10 years -22.5%+206.5%+139.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year -2.5%+11.9%+9.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBLNCMFCPNCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.3%20.2%21.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y —21.3%22.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.170.730.53 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.541.830.99 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.0%-29.9%-51.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -29.5%-2.1%-12.1% -1.8%
52-week high $2.20$45.60$256.97 $779.14
52-week low $1.11$32.15$179.04 $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.

MultipleBLNCMFCPNC
P/E now vs peer median -2.3xmedian 33.6x 16.0xmedian 10.6x 12.5xmedian 12.1x
P/S now vs peer median -7,138xmedian 4.9x 1.6xmedian 1.4x 3.6xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.5x —median 7.6x 8.6xmedian 5.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -164.7xmedian 13.2x 3.3xmedian 8.6x 12.0xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median -26.2xmedian 1.8x 2.0xmedian 1.5x 1.4xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 0.91 0.72median 0.52 1.76median 1.36

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 monthsBLNCMFCPNC
Revenue -$10.17K $47.47B $25.03B
Operating income -$13.94M – –
Net income -$31.67M $4.76B $7.68B
Free cash flow -$440.96K $23.26B $7.49B
EPS (diluted) $-0.68 $2.78 $18.13
Cash & equivalents $117.47K – –
Total debt $1.91M $185.03B $85.72B
Shares (diluted) 46.85M 1.71B 403.00M
Enterprise value $71.82M -$18.24B $91.78B

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
MetricBLNCMFCPNC
P/E -2.3x 16.0x 12.5x
P/FCF -164.7x 3.3x 12.0x
P/Operating cash flow -164.7x 3.3x 12.0x
P/S -7,138x 1.6x 3.6x
P/B -26.2x 2.0x 1.4x
P/Tangible book -26.2x 2.0x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA – – 8.6x
EV/EBIT -5.2x 14.5x 8.8x
EV/Revenue -7,128x 2.2x 7.0x
EV/FCF -164.5x 4.4x 23.5x
EV/Operating cash flow -164.5x 4.4x 23.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 0.72 1.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLNCMFCPNC
Revenue growth (1Y) – 19.7% 13.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -140.7% 13.5% 4.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -4,457% – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -533.9% – –
Net income growth (1Y) -6,739% -19.1% 22.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -292.7% 68.2% 6.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -3,064% 14.8% 22.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -203.7% 22.3% 7.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -202.7% 139.4% 23.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -113.4% 40.5% -15.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -202.7% 139.4% 23.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -113.4% 40.5% -15.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLNCMFCPNC
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – – 81.4%
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin – 12.8% 37.5%
Net margin – 10.0% 29.2%
FCF margin – 49.0% 29.9%
Operating cash flow margin 4,334% 49.0% 29.9%
Return on equity – 9.2% 12.0%
Return on assets -16,393% 0.5% 1.3%
Return on invested capital – – 11.7%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover -0.1x 0.1x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x 4.9x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue -131,374% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLNCMFCPNC
Debt / assets 19.7% 6.0% 13.9%
Debt / equity 0.0x 1.2x 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 4.2x
Debt / FCF -0.1x 2.0x 11.4x
Liabilities / assets 2,288% 95.0% 89.6%
Equity / assets -2,188% 5.0% 10.4%
Interest coverage -119.8x 6.7x 1.9x
Current ratio 0.0x – –
Quick ratio 0.0x – –
Cash ratio 0.0x – –
Altman Z-score -790.54 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLNCMFCPNC
Dividend yield – 4.2% 3.3%
Net buyback yield – 2.1% 2.3%
Shareholder yield – 6.4% 5.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 46.9% 35.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 9.6% 36.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – -181.7% 6.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 3.9%

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.

ConsensusBLNCMFCPNC
Forward P/E – 13.5xFY2026 11.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $3.31FY2026 $19.52FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +7.8%FY2026 +17.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +3.6% +6.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $32.55BFY2026 $27.20BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +12.3%FY2026 +17.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +5.6% +7.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLNCMFCPNC
Held by institutions – 44.4% 82.8%
Institutions holding – 810 2,040
Change in shares held, QoQ – 0.0% +2.1%
Institutions buying – 383 1,047
Institutions selling – 227 666
Buyers to sellers – 1.69 1.57

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.

BLNCMFCPNC
BLNC 1.00 -0.06 -0.08
MFC -0.06 1.00 0.44
PNC -0.08 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLNC, MFC and PNC?

Pnc Financial Services (PNC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Balance Labs (BLNC) $72.62M, Manulife Financial (MFC) $76.64B, Pnc Financial Services (PNC) $91.78B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLNC, MFC and PNC?

Pnc Financial Services (PNC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Balance Labs (BLNC) -2.3x, Manulife Financial (MFC) 16.2x, Pnc Financial Services (PNC) 12.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pnc Financial Services (PNC) is cheapest (Manulife Financial (MFC) 13.5x, Pnc Financial Services (PNC) 11.6x). 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%, Pnc Financial Services (PNC) +13.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pnc Financial Services (PNC) has the highest net margin (Manulife Financial (MFC) 10.0%, Pnc Financial Services (PNC) 29.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Manulife Financial (MFC) returned the most: Balance Labs (BLNC) -29.5%, Manulife Financial (MFC) +37.0%, Pnc Financial Services (PNC) +21.1%. Over five years, Manulife Financial (MFC) compounded fastest (Balance Labs (BLNC) +9.2%/yr, Manulife Financial (MFC) +17.5%/yr, Pnc Financial Services (PNC) +1.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Manulife Financial (MFC) -0.03%, Pnc Financial Services (PNC) 0.03%. Balance Labs (BLNC) and Manulife Financial (MFC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Manulife Financial (MFC) has been the steadiest (Balance Labs (BLNC) 54.3%, Manulife Financial (MFC) 20.2%, Pnc Financial Services (PNC) 21.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BLNC, MFC and PNC?

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 5. 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.