MFC vs RY vs SNFCA Stock Comparison

Manulife Financial, Royal Bank Of Canada and Security National Financial Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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MFC Manulife Financial Corp
$44.98 +2.5% 1M +36.8% 1Y
Market cap
$76.60B
P/E
16.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$47.47B
Div. yield
4.18%
Life Insurance Financial Services
4 wins
RY Royal Bank Of Canada
$203.12 +0.6% 1M +37.0% 1Y
Market cap
$284.50B
P/E
17.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$51.37B
Div. yield
3.35%
Money Center Banks Financial Services
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Royal Bank Of Canada leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Royal Bank Of Canada 6, Manulife Financial 4, Security National Financial 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMFCRYSNFCALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $76.60B $284.50B $214.85M RY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.1x 17.4x 6.4x SNFCA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.6x 16.6x — MFC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +19.7% +11.2% -1.1% MFC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.0% 31.9% 11.1% RY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 49.3% -6.6% RY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -3.0x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 4.18% 3.35% 0.00% MFC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +36.8% +37.0% +10.0% RY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.6%/yr +13.8%/yr +5.1%/yr MFC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 20.2% 16.5% 30.0% RY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 77/100 39/100 RY

Percentile Scorecard

MFCRYSNFCA

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

AxisMFCRYSNFCA
Valuation 61 #47 of 119 63 #134 of 360 87 #16 of 119
Growth 81 #23 of 114 71 #57 of 191 24 #87 of 114
Profitability 58 #47 of 110 95 #9 of 168 28 #80 of 110
Financial Health 13 #96 of 110 64 #63 of 175 43 #63 of 110
Shareholder Returns 38 #66 of 106 89 #37 of 341 13 #92 of 106
Overall 50 77 39
  • MFC ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • RY ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • SNFCA ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMFCRYSNFCASPY
1 month +2.5%+0.6%+4.2% -0.2%
3 months +0.8%-4.4%-5.7% +3.9%
6 months +16.6%+14.3%-7.8% +8.2%
Year to date +24.0%+19.1%+1.1% +12.9%
1 year +36.8%+37.0%+10.0% +12.3%
3 years +162.4%+159.8%+42.6% +87.4%
3 years, per year +38.0%+37.5%+12.6% +23.3%
5 years +124.9%+91.2%+27.9% +67.9%
5 years, per year +17.6%+13.8%+5.1% +10.9%
10 years +206.6%+224.7%+105.6% +261.1%
10 years, per year +11.9%+12.5%+7.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMFCRYSNFCASPY
Volatility, 1Y 20.2%16.5%30.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 21.3%15.8%30.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.730.700.42 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.822.240.33 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -29.9%-34.2%-39.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.4%-6.8%-9.0% -1.2%
52-week high $45.60$217.87$10.01 $779.14
52-week low $32.15$145.41$7.76 $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.

MultipleMFCRYSNFCA
P/E now vs peer median 16.1xmedian 10.5x 17.4xmedian 12.1x 6.4xmedian 10.5x
P/S now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.4x 5.5xmedian 3.4x 0.6xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.6x 0.9xmedian 5.0x —median 7.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 3.3xmedian 8.5x 5.0xmedian 10.9x 26.2xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 1.5x 2.7xmedian 1.2x 0.1xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.72median 0.53 1.21median 1.34 0.69median 0.53

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 monthsMFCRYSNFCA
Revenue $47.47B $51.37B $335.96M
Gross profit – – $188.72M
Operating income – – -$99.03M
Net income $4.76B $16.43B $37.29M
Free cash flow $23.26B $57.35B $8.19M
EPS (diluted) $2.78 $11.62 $1.39
Cash & equivalents – $45.78B $163.44M
Total debt $185.03B $9.69B $564.03M
Shares (diluted) 1.71B 1.41B 26.89M
Enterprise value -$17.11B -$545.50B -$1.82B

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
MetricMFCRYSNFCA
P/E 16.1x 17.4x 6.4x
P/FCF 3.3x 5.0x 26.2x
P/Operating cash flow 3.3x 5.0x 2.7x
P/S 1.6x 5.5x 0.6x
P/B 2.0x 2.7x 0.1x
P/Tangible book 2.0x 2.9x 0.1x
EV/EBITDA – 0.9x –
EV/EBIT 14.5x 1.0x 1.9x
EV/Revenue 2.2x 1.3x -0.5x
EV/FCF 4.4x 1.2x -22.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 4.4x 1.2x -2.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.72 1.21 0.69

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMFCRYSNFCA
Revenue growth (1Y) 19.7% 11.2% -1.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.5% 10.3% -1.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – -1.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – -18.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) – – 11.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – -74.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -19.1% 19.6% 27.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 68.2% 14.8% 12.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 14.8% 19.0% 27.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 22.3% 14.4% 9.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 139.4% -8.3% 57.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 40.5% 28.0% 32.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 139.4% -8.3% 155.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 40.5% 28.0% -26.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMFCRYSNFCA
Gross margin – – 56.2%
EBITDA margin – 140.4% –
Operating margin – – -29.5%
Pretax margin 12.8% 40.9% 14.4%
Net margin 10.0% 31.9% 11.1%
FCF margin 49.0% 111.6% 2.4%
Operating cash flow margin 49.0% 111.6% 24.0%
Return on equity 9.2% 15.9% 3.7%
Return on assets 0.5% 0.9% 2.3%
Return on invested capital – 49.3% -6.6%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.0x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.9x 3.5x 2.2x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMFCRYSNFCA
Debt / assets 6.0% 0.5% 9.0%
Debt / equity 1.2x 0.1x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – -3.0x –
Debt / FCF 2.0x 0.2x 17.6x
Liabilities / assets 95.0% 94.2% –
Equity / assets 5.0% 5.8% 100.0%
Interest coverage 6.7x 1.4x -23.5x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMFCRYSNFCA
Dividend yield 4.2% 3.3% –
Net buyback yield 2.1% 3.1% 0.8%
Shareholder yield 6.3% 6.5% 0.8%
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.

ConsensusMFCRYSNFCA
Forward P/E 13.6xFY2026 16.6xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $3.31FY2026 $12.27FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +7.8%FY2026 +19.2%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +3.6% +6.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $32.55BFY2026 $53.04BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +12.3%FY2026 +11.6%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +5.6% +0.5% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMFCRYSNFCA
Held by institutions 44.4% 43.8% 41.5%
Institutions holding 810 984 77
Change in shares held, QoQ 0.0% +1.9% -1.3%
Institutions buying 383 446 37
Institutions selling 227 325 22
Buyers to sellers 1.69 1.37 1.68

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.

MFCRYSNFCA
MFC 1.00 0.51 0.27
RY 0.51 1.00 0.25
SNFCA 0.27 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MFC, RY and SNFCA?

Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Manulife Financial (MFC) $76.60B, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) $284.50B, Security National Financial (SNFCA) $214.85M.

Which stock is cheaper, MFC, RY and SNFCA?

Security National Financial (SNFCA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Manulife Financial (MFC) 16.1x, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) 17.4x, Security National Financial (SNFCA) 6.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Manulife Financial (MFC) is cheapest (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: Manulife Financial (MFC) +19.7%, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) +11.2%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) -1.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) has the highest net margin (Manulife Financial (MFC) 10.0%, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) 31.9%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) 11.1%). On return on invested capital, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) leads (Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) 49.3%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) -6.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) returned the most: Manulife Financial (MFC) +36.8%, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) +37.0%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) +10.0%. Over five years, Manulife Financial (MFC) compounded fastest (Manulife Financial (MFC) +17.6%/yr, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) +13.8%/yr, Security National Financial (SNFCA) +5.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Manulife Financial (MFC) has the highest dividend yield: Manulife Financial (MFC) 4.18%, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) 3.35%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) 0.00%. Security National Financial (SNFCA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) has been the steadiest (Manulife Financial (MFC) 20.2%, Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) 16.5%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) 30.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 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.