Equities Analysts Set Expectations for TSE:MFC Q3 Earnings

Manulife Financial Co. (TSE:MFC) (NYSE:MFC) – Analysts at National Bank Financial dropped their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Manulife Financial in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, August 6th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings of $1.02 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.05. The consensus estimate for Manulife Financial’s current full-year earnings is $3.61 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Manulife Financial’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.02 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.98 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.43 EPS.

MFC has been the topic of a number of other reports. Scotiabank dropped their price target on Manulife Financial from C$53.00 to C$50.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. National Bankshares dropped their price target on Manulife Financial from C$48.00 to C$47.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price target on Manulife Financial from C$51.00 to C$46.00 in a research report on Monday, April 21st. CIBC dropped their price target on Manulife Financial from C$48.00 to C$46.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on Manulife Financial from C$46.00 to C$47.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$47.75.

Manulife Financial Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of Manulife Financial stock opened at C$41.41 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of C$72.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.06. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of C$42.70 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$42.71. Manulife Financial has a fifty-two week low of C$34.03 and a fifty-two week high of C$46.42.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Manulife Financial news, Director Philip James Witherington sold 10,866 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$44.22, for a total value of C$480,488.00. Also, Senior Officer Trevor Kreel sold 3,636 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$44.22, for a total value of C$160,781.74. In the last three months, insiders have sold 62,070 shares of company stock worth $2,744,604. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Manulife Financial Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 19th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 20th will be given a $0.44 dividend. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.3%. Manulife Financial’s dividend payout ratio is currently 49.79%.

Manulife Financial Company Profile

Manulife provides life insurance and wealth management products and services to individuals and group customers in Canada, the United States, and Asia. Manulife is one of Canada’s Big Three Life Insurance companies (the other two are Sun Life and Great West Life). As of Dec. 31, 2021, Manulife reported assets under management or administration of about CAD $1.4 trillion.