BN vs MFC vs RY Stock Comparison

Brookfield, Manulife Financial and Royal Bank Of Canada Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BN BROOKFIELD Corp /ON/
$38.02 +3.1% 1M -18.7% 1Y
Market cap
$86.11B
P/E
68.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$76.56B
Div. yield
–
Alternative Asset Managers Financial Services
MFC Manulife Financial Corp
$44.98 +2.5% 1M +36.8% 1Y
Market cap
$75.33B
P/E
15.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$47.47B
Div. yield
-0.03%
Life Insurance Financial Services
4 wins
RY Royal Bank Of Canada
$203.12 +0.6% 1M +37.0% 1Y
Market cap
$285.17B
P/E
17.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$51.37B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

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

QuestionBNMFCRYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $86.11B $75.33B $285.17B RY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 68.5x 15.9x 17.4x MFC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.7x 13.6x 16.6x MFC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -9.6% +19.7% +11.2% MFC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.6% 10.0% 31.9% RY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 49.3% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -3.0x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% -0.03% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -18.7% +36.8% +37.0% RY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.7%/yr +17.6%/yr +13.8%/yr MFC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.6% 20.2% 16.5% RY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 38/100 50/100 77/100 RY

Percentile Scorecard

BNMFCRY

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

AxisBNMFCRY
Valuation 76 #44 of 181 61 #47 of 119 63 #134 of 360
Growth 32 #76 of 111 81 #23 of 114 71 #57 of 191
Profitability 30 #91 of 129 58 #47 of 110 95 #9 of 168
Financial Health 38 #102 of 164 13 #96 of 110 64 #63 of 175
Shareholder Returns 14 #65 of 75 38 #66 of 106 89 #37 of 341
Overall 38 50 77
  • BN ranked among 209 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • MFC ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • RY ranked among 368 companies in Banking

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBNMFCRYSPY
1 month +3.1%+2.5%+0.6% -0.2%
3 months -10.2%+0.8%-4.4% +3.9%
6 months -14.0%+16.6%+14.3% +8.2%
Year to date -17.1%+24.0%+19.1% +12.9%
1 year -18.7%+36.8%+37.0% +12.3%
3 years +95.7%+162.4%+159.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year +25.1%+38.0%+37.5% +23.3%
5 years +14.1%+124.9%+91.2% +67.9%
5 years, per year +2.7%+17.6%+13.8% +10.9%
10 years +204.9%+206.6%+224.7% +261.1%
10 years, per year +11.8%+11.9%+12.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBNMFCRYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.6%20.2%16.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.0%21.3%15.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.370.730.70 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.681.822.24 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -42.8%-29.9%-34.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.7%-1.4%-6.8% -1.2%
52-week high $49.17$45.60$217.87 $779.14
52-week low $35.94$32.15$145.41 $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.

MultipleBNMFCRY
P/E now vs peer median 68.0xmedian 34.2x 16.1xmedian 10.5x 17.4xmedian 12.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 4.9x 1.6xmedian 1.4x 5.5xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.7x —median 7.6x 0.9xmedian 5.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 13.2x 3.3xmedian 8.5x 5.0xmedian 10.9x
P/B now vs peer median 20.9xmedian 1.8x 2.0xmedian 1.5x 2.7xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median -0.71median 0.91 0.72median 0.53 1.21median 1.34

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 monthsBNMFCRY
Revenue $76.56B $47.47B $51.37B
Net income $3.71B $4.76B $16.43B
Free cash flow – $23.26B $57.35B
EPS (diluted) $0.53 $2.78 $11.62
Cash & equivalents $14.89B – $45.78B
Total debt $59.07B $185.03B $9.69B
Shares (diluted) 2.37B 1.71B 1.41B
Enterprise value -$97.20B -$19.55B -$544.87B

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
MetricBNMFCRY
P/E 68.0x 16.1x 17.4x
P/FCF – 3.3x 5.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 3.3x 5.0x
P/S 1.1x 1.6x 5.5x
P/B 20.9x 2.0x 2.7x
P/Tangible book -2.6x 2.0x 2.9x
EV/EBITDA – – 0.9x
EV/EBIT – 14.5x 1.0x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 2.2x 1.3x
EV/FCF – 4.4x 1.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – 4.4x 1.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.71 0.72 1.21

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBNMFCRY
Revenue growth (1Y) -9.6% 19.7% 11.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.2% 13.5% 10.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) 28.4% -19.1% 19.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 11.2% 68.2% 14.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 65.8% 14.8% 19.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -95.3% 22.3% 14.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 139.4% -8.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 40.5% 28.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 139.4% -8.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 40.5% 28.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBNMFCRY
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – – 140.4%
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin – 12.8% 40.9%
Net margin 1.6% 10.0% 31.9%
FCF margin – 49.0% 111.6%
Operating cash flow margin – 49.0% 111.6%
Return on equity 4.3% 9.2% 15.9%
Return on assets 0.7% 0.5% 0.9%
Return on invested capital – – 49.3%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.1x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 4.9x 3.5x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBNMFCRY
Debt / assets 2.8% 6.0% 0.5%
Debt / equity 3.6x 1.2x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -3.0x
Debt / FCF – 2.0x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 99.2% 95.0% 94.2%
Equity / assets 0.8% 5.0% 5.8%
Interest coverage – 6.7x 1.4x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBNMFCRY
Dividend yield 0.7% 4.2% 3.3%
Net buyback yield – 2.1% 3.1%
Shareholder yield 0.7% 6.3% 6.5%
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.

ConsensusBNMFCRY
Forward P/E 13.7xFY2026 13.6xFY2026 16.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.78FY2026 $3.31FY2026 $12.27FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +23.6%FY2026 +7.8%FY2026 +19.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.6% +3.6% +6.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.00BFY2026 $32.55BFY2026 $53.04BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.4%FY2026 +12.3%FY2026 +11.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +21.1% +5.6% +0.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBNMFCRY
Held by institutions 66.5% 44.4% 43.8%
Institutions holding 930 810 984
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.2% 0.0% +1.9%
Institutions buying 407 383 446
Institutions selling 317 227 325
Buyers to sellers 1.28 1.69 1.37

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.

BNMFCRY
BN 1.00 0.40 0.55
MFC 0.40 1.00 0.51
RY 0.55 0.51 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BN, MFC and RY?

Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Brookfield (BN) $86.11B, Manulife Financial (MFC) $75.33B, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) $285.17B.

Which stock is cheaper, BN, MFC and RY?

Manulife Financial (MFC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Brookfield (BN) 68.5x, Manulife Financial (MFC) 15.9x, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) 17.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Manulife Financial (MFC) is cheapest (Brookfield (BN) 13.7x, Manulife Financial (MFC) 13.6x, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) 16.6x). 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: Brookfield (BN) -9.6%, Manulife Financial (MFC) +19.7%, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) +11.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) has the highest net margin (Brookfield (BN) 1.6%, Manulife Financial (MFC) 10.0%, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) 31.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) returned the most: Brookfield (BN) -18.7%, Manulife Financial (MFC) +36.8%, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) +37.0%. Over five years, Manulife Financial (MFC) compounded fastest (Brookfield (BN) +2.7%/yr, Manulife Financial (MFC) +17.6%/yr, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) +13.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) has been the steadiest (Brookfield (BN) 27.6%, Manulife Financial (MFC) 20.2%, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) 16.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BN, MFC and RY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) 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.