BLNC vs SCHW vs MFC Stock Comparison

Balance Labs, Schwab Charles and Manulife Financial Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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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
SCHW Schwab Charles Corp
$88.77 -9.7% 1M -5.4% 1Y
Market cap
$153.51B
P/E
15.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$27.06B
Div. yield
1.39%
Money Center Banks Financial Services
3 wins
MFC Manulife Financial Corp
$44.77 +2.9% 1M +36.3% 1Y
Market cap
$76.24B
P/E
16.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$47.47B
Div. yield
4.20%
Life Insurance Financial Services
6 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Manulife Financial leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Manulife Financial 6, Schwab Charles 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLNCSCHWMFCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $72.62M $153.51B $76.24B SCHW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -2.3x 15.0x 16.1x SCHW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.3x 13.5x SCHW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +18.1% +19.7% MFC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 10.0% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.39% 4.20% MFC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -29.5% -5.4% +36.3% MFC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.2%/yr +1.6%/yr +18.1%/yr MFC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.3% 25.8% 20.2% MFC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 7/100 42/100 50/100 MFC

Percentile Scorecard

BLNCSCHWMFC

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

AxisBLNCSCHWMFC
Valuation 11 #161 of 181 14 #310 of 361 59 #49 of 119
Growth 1 #110 of 111 98 #5 of 172 84 #19 of 113
Profitability – – 57 #47 of 107
Financial Health 9 #150 of 164 – 12 #94 of 107
Shareholder Returns – 15 #288 of 338 37 #67 of 105
Overall 7 42 50
  • BLNC ranked among 209 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • SCHW ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • MFC ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBLNCSCHWMFCSPY
1 month 0.0%-9.7%+2.9% +0.9%
3 months 0.0%-15.0%+1.9% +5.9%
6 months 0.0%-2.6%+17.3% +8.5%
Year to date 0.0%-11.2%+23.4% +13.3%
1 year -29.5%-5.4%+36.3% +12.4%
3 years +573.9%+77.1%+161.2% +88.1%
3 years, per year +89.0%+21.0%+37.7% +23.5%
5 years +55.0%+8.2%+129.7% +68.2%
5 years, per year +9.2%+1.6%+18.1% +11.0%
10 years -22.5%+178.4%+209.4% +263.4%
10 years, per year -2.5%+10.8%+12.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureBLNCSCHWMFCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.3%25.8%20.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y —29.1%21.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.170.420.73 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.54-0.211.80 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.0%-50.4%-29.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -29.5%-21.9%-1.8% -0.9%
52-week high $2.20$113.68$45.60 $779.14
52-week low $1.11$85.35$32.15 $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.

MultipleBLNCSCHWMFC
P/E now vs peer median -2.3xmedian 32.9x 15.0xmedian 12.1x 16.1xmedian 10.9x
P/S now vs peer median -7,138xmedian 4.9x 5.7xmedian 3.4x 1.6xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.8x —median 5.1x —median 7.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median -164.7xmedian 13.3x 15.9xmedian 10.8x 3.3xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median -26.2xmedian 1.9x —median 1.2x 2.0xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 0.93 0.58median 1.32 0.72median 0.59

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 monthsBLNCSCHWMFC
Revenue -$10.17K $27.06B $47.47B
Operating income -$13.94M – –
Net income -$31.67M – $4.76B
Free cash flow -$440.96K – $23.26B
EPS (diluted) $-0.68 $5.90 $2.78
Cash & equivalents $117.47K – –
Total debt $1.91M – $185.03B
Shares (diluted) 46.85M 1.74B 1.71B
Enterprise value $71.82M $153.51B -$17.47B

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
MetricBLNCSCHWMFC
P/E -2.3x 15.0x 16.1x
P/FCF -164.7x 15.9x 3.3x
P/Operating cash flow -164.7x – 3.3x
P/S -7,138x 5.7x 1.6x
P/B -26.2x – 2.0x
P/Tangible book -26.2x – 2.0x
EV/EBITDA – – –
EV/EBIT -5.2x – 14.5x
EV/Revenue -7,128x 5.7x 2.2x
EV/FCF -164.5x – 4.4x
EV/Operating cash flow -164.5x – 4.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 0.58 0.72

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLNCSCHWMFC
Revenue growth (1Y) – 18.1% 19.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -140.7% 10.8% 13.5%
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%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -292.7% – 68.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -3,064% 175.0% 14.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -203.7% 25.9% 22.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -202.7% – 139.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -113.4% – 40.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -202.7% – 139.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -113.4% – 40.5%

Profitability

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

Financial Health

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

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLNCSCHWMFC
Dividend yield – 1.4% 4.2%
Net buyback yield – – 2.1%
Shareholder yield – 1.4% 6.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 46.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 9.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -181.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusBLNCSCHWMFC
Forward P/E – 13.3xFY2026 13.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $6.66FY2026 $3.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +36.8%FY2026 +7.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +13.1% +3.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $30.04BFY2026 $32.55BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +25.6%FY2026 +12.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +3.1% +5.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLNCSCHWMFC
Held by institutions – 83.0% 44.4%
Institutions holding – 2,315 810
Change in shares held, QoQ – +2.1% 0.0%
Institutions buying – 1,079 383
Institutions selling – 951 227
Buyers to sellers – 1.13 1.69

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.

BLNCSCHWMFC
BLNC 1.00 -0.02 -0.07
SCHW -0.02 1.00 0.23
MFC -0.07 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLNC, SCHW and MFC?

Schwab Charles (SCHW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Balance Labs (BLNC) $72.62M, Schwab Charles (SCHW) $153.51B, Manulife Financial (MFC) $76.24B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLNC, SCHW and MFC?

Schwab Charles (SCHW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Balance Labs (BLNC) -2.3x, Schwab Charles (SCHW) 15.0x, Manulife Financial (MFC) 16.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Schwab Charles (SCHW) is cheapest (Schwab Charles (SCHW) 13.3x, Manulife Financial (MFC) 13.5x). 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: Schwab Charles (SCHW) +18.1%, Manulife Financial (MFC) +19.7%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Manulife Financial (MFC) returned the most: Balance Labs (BLNC) -29.5%, Schwab Charles (SCHW) -5.4%, Manulife Financial (MFC) +36.3%. Over five years, Manulife Financial (MFC) compounded fastest (Balance Labs (BLNC) +9.2%/yr, Schwab Charles (SCHW) +1.6%/yr, Manulife Financial (MFC) +18.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Manulife Financial (MFC) has the highest dividend yield: Schwab Charles (SCHW) 1.39%, Manulife Financial (MFC) 4.20%. Balance Labs (BLNC) 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%, Schwab Charles (SCHW) 25.8%, Manulife Financial (MFC) 20.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 6. 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.