BRK-B vs MFC vs SLF Stock Comparison

Berkshire Hathaway, Manulife Financial and Sun Life Financial Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway Inc
$541.90 +7.9% 1M +13.9% 1Y
Market cap
$784.43M
P/E
0.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$384.69B
Div. yield
–
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
3 wins
MFC Manulife Financial Corp
$45.26 +4.3% 1M +39.1% 1Y
Market cap
$76.07B
P/E
16.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$47.47B
Div. yield
-0.03%
Life Insurance Financial Services
5 wins
SLF Sun Life Financial Inc
$81.79 +3.5% 1M +32.5% 1Y
Market cap
$45.46B
P/E
19.0x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Life Insurance Financial Services
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Manulife Financial leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Manulife Financial 5, Berkshire Hathaway 3, Sun Life Financial 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBRK-BMFCSLFLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $784.43M $76.07B $45.46B MFC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 0.0x 16.0x 19.0x BRK-B
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.7x 13.5x SLF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.9% +19.7% — MFC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 22.3% 10.0% — BRK-B
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -10.4% — 12.7% SLF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.4x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% -0.03% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.9% +39.1% +32.5% MFC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +13.6%/yr +18.4%/yr +7.5%/yr MFC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 14.6% 20.2% 18.6% BRK-B
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 28/100 50/100 34/100 MFC

Percentile Scorecard

BRK-BMFCSLF

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

AxisBRK-BMFCSLF
Valuation 15 #101 of 119 59 #49 of 119 21 #94 of 119
Growth 30 #80 of 114 84 #19 of 114 29 #81 of 114
Profitability 30 #75 of 106 55 #48 of 106 42 #62 of 106
Financial Health 55 #47 of 104 17 #87 of 104 33 #70 of 104
Shareholder Returns 8 #97 of 105 36 #68 of 105 44 #59 of 105
Overall 28 50 34
  • BRK-B ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • MFC ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • SLF ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBRK-BMFCSLFSPY
1 month +7.9%+4.3%+3.5% +0.7%
3 months +6.3%+1.6%-1.2% +3.7%
6 months +14.4%+15.2%+13.5% +7.1%
Year to date +7.8%+24.8%+31.1% +12.8%
1 year +13.9%+39.1%+32.5% +11.9%
3 years +60.6%+158.9%+79.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +17.1%+37.3%+21.6% +22.8%
5 years +88.8%+132.2%+43.6% +67.6%
5 years, per year +13.6%+18.4%+7.5% +10.9%
10 years +276.3%+212.8%+145.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year +14.2%+12.1%+9.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBRK-BMFCSLFSPY
Volatility, 1Y 14.6%20.2%18.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 14.2%21.4%20.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.020.730.37 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.951.941.75 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -26.6%-29.9%-33.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.2%-0.7%-2.7% -1.2%
52-week high $548.72$45.60$84.07 $779.14
52-week low $465.40$32.15$57.60 $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.

MultipleBRK-BMFCSLF
P/E now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 10.7x 16.2xmedian 10.7x 19.3xmedian 10.7x
P/S now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 1.4x 1.6xmedian 1.4x —median 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -9.6xmedian 7.5x —median 7.5x —median 7.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 48.2xmedian 8.5x 3.3xmedian 8.5x 13.8xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.5x 2.0xmedian 1.5x 2.4xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.60 0.73median 0.60 7.34median 0.60

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 monthsBRK-BMFCSLF
Revenue $384.69B $47.47B –
Gross profit $215.64B – –
Operating income -$111.18B – –
Net income $86.08B $4.76B $2.57B
Free cash flow $24.22B $23.26B $3.28B
EPS (diluted) – $2.78 $4.23
Cash & equivalents $40.61B – –
Total debt $128.60B $185.03B $6.42B
Shares (diluted) – 1.71B 566.00M
Enterprise value -$1.42T -$18.81B $3.42B

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
MetricBRK-BMFCSLF
P/E 0.0x 16.2x 19.3x
P/FCF 48.2x 3.3x 13.8x
P/Operating cash flow 25.0x 3.3x 13.4x
P/S 3.0x 1.6x –
P/B 1.6x 2.0x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 1.6x 2.0x 3.0x
EV/EBITDA -9.6x – –
EV/EBIT -8.4x 14.6x 10.1x
EV/Revenue 2.4x 2.2x –
EV/FCF 38.5x 4.5x 12.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.0x 4.5x 12.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.73 7.34

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBRK-BMFCSLF
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.9% 19.7% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.9% 13.5% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.1% – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.0% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -4.9% – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -8.5% – –
Net income growth (1Y) 35.9% -19.1% 4.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -0.5% 68.2% 6.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – 14.8% 4.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 22.3% 2.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 70.1% 139.4% 8.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 2.6% 40.5% 13.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 194.4% 139.4% 8.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -2.5% 40.5% 9.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBRK-BMFCSLF
Gross margin 56.1% – –
EBITDA margin -25.3% – –
Operating margin -28.9% – –
Pretax margin 29.2% 12.8% –
Net margin 22.3% 10.0% –
FCF margin 6.3% 49.0% –
Operating cash flow margin 12.1% 49.0% –
Return on equity 11.6% 9.2% 13.9%
Return on assets 6.8% 0.5% 0.9%
Return on invested capital -10.4% – 12.7%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.1x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x 4.9x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBRK-BMFCSLF
Debt / assets 10.2% 6.0% 2.1%
Debt / equity 0.2x 1.2x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.4x – –
Debt / FCF 5.3x 2.0x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 40.6% 95.0% 93.7%
Equity / assets 59.4% 5.0% 6.3%
Interest coverage -21.4x 6.7x 5.6x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBRK-BMFCSLF
Dividend yield – 4.2% 4.6%
Net buyback yield 0.4% 2.1% -0.1%
Shareholder yield 0.4% 6.3% 4.5%
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.

ConsensusBRK-BMFCSLF
Forward P/E – 13.7xFY2026 13.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $3.31FY2026 $6.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +7.8%FY2026 +11.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +3.6% -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $32.55BFY2026 $6.17BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +12.3%FY2026 -4.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +5.6% +29.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBRK-BMFCSLF
Held by institutions 65.8% 44.4% 44.7%
Institutions holding 4,925 811 491
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% 0.0% +1.3%
Institutions buying 2,237 383 256
Institutions selling 1,989 227 130
Buyers to sellers 1.12 1.69 1.97

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.

BRK-BMFCSLF
BRK-B 1.00 0.20 0.21
MFC 0.20 1.00 0.47
SLF 0.21 0.47 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BRK-B, MFC and SLF?

Manulife Financial (MFC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) $784.43M, Manulife Financial (MFC) $76.07B, Sun Life Financial (SLF) $45.46B.

Which stock is cheaper, BRK-B, MFC and SLF?

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) 0.0x, Manulife Financial (MFC) 16.0x, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 19.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sun Life Financial (SLF) is cheapest (Manulife Financial (MFC) 13.7x, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 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: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) +3.9%, Manulife Financial (MFC) +19.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) has the highest net margin (Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) 22.3%, Manulife Financial (MFC) 10.0%). On return on invested capital, Sun Life Financial (SLF) leads (Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) -10.4%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 12.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Manulife Financial (MFC) returned the most: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) +13.9%, Manulife Financial (MFC) +39.1%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) +32.5%. Over five years, Manulife Financial (MFC) compounded fastest (Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) +13.6%/yr, Manulife Financial (MFC) +18.4%/yr, Sun Life Financial (SLF) +7.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) has been the steadiest (Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) 14.6%, Manulife Financial (MFC) 20.2%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 18.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BRK-B, MFC and SLF?

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.