Manulife Financial's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Manulife Financial (MFC) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Manulife Financial vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 5,048M vs -M combined for tracked competitors (100.0% combined share).
- Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+300.0% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
- Scale: Manulife Financial ranks #1 of 19 companies by market capitalization in the Life Insurance industry, holding 23.5% of industry market cap.
- Peer revenue share: Manulife Financial accounted for 100.0% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, up from 100.0% a year earlier.
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
MFC Sales vs. its Competitors, Q4 2025
Manulife Financial generated 100.00 % of the combined sales of its peer group, up from 100.00 % a year earlier.
For context: the Life Insurance industry grew revenue 5.1% year over year, combined, vs 7.9% for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's share of combined industry revenue moved from 2.24% to 2.30%, a gain of 0.06 percentage points.
Manulife Financial's Competitor Quality Breadth
Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manulife Financial Corporation | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| High-Confidence Competitors (1) | ||||
| Similar-Size Competitors (5) | ||||
| Similar Growth & Profitability (8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 75.00 % (6 of 8) | 50.00 % (4 of 8) | 0.00 % (0 of 8) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.
MFC Stock Performance relative to its Competitors
MFC Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors
MFC Stock Performance relative to Similar-Size Competitors
MFC Stock Performance relative to Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors
Manulife Financial's Competitors Named by the Company
Competitive relationships identified from SEC filings and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.| Competitor | Basis | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cannae Holdings Inc | Named by the company | 85% |
Filing basis, confidence, active dates and source counts for Manulife Financial's named competitors require a Commercial License.
Methodology: relationships are extracted from SEC filings (named-competitor disclosures) and corroborating sources. Named by the company = explicitly disclosed as a competitor; Inferred = derived from corroborating signals. Confidence reflects evidence strength.