Manulife Finl (MFC)
Price: $11.82
Industry: Insurance Chaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Thu Sep 22 16:07 EDT 2011 MFC Manulife Finl
$11.82
Power Gauge Rating
MFC - Neutral TM
The Chaikin Power Gauge Rating for MFC is neutral with attractive financial metrics, weak earnings performance, bullish price/volume activity and negative expert opinions.
Financial Metrics
MFC's financial metrics are very good due to a low price to book value. Earnings Performance
MFC's earnings performance is weak as a result of a relatively high projected P/E ratio.
Price/Volume Activity
Despite these bullish factors, Chaikin Power Tools has identified a negative trend resulting in a neutral rating.
Expert Opinions
News Sentiment Rating
Neutral MFC Manulife Finl
September 19, 2011
TM
Chaikin Sentiment Gauge for MFC is neutral. Stories concerning MFC have a balanced or neutral sentiment.
News Sentiment :Neutral
Power Trend - 5 Year Chart
The Power Gauge distills a 20 factor model into a concise picture of a stock's potential.
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High Potential
Neutral
Low Potential
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Financials & Earnings
Financial Metrics
Financial Metrics Rating
Bullish
LT Debt/Equity Ratio
MFC's financial metrics are very good. The company may be undervalued and generates high free cash flow relative to market capitalization.
Price to Book Value
The rank is based on a high long term debt to equity ratio, low price to book value, low return on equity, high price to sales ratio and relatively high cash flow.
Return on Equity
Price to Sales Ratio
Business Value
Assets and Liabilities
Valuation
Returns
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Current Ratio
4.88
Price/Book
0.86
Return on Invest
6.7%
LT Debt/Equity
0.21
Price/Sales
0.56
Return on Equity
9.5%
Earnings Performance
Earnings Performance Rating
Bearish
Earnings Growth
MFC's earnings performance has been weak. The company is priced relatively high compared to next year's projected EPS and has a history of weak earnings growth.
Earnings Surprise
Earnings Trend
The rank is based on better than expected earnings in recent quarters, a relatively high projected P/E ratio and consistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Projected P/E Ratio
Earnings Consistency
5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth
Revenue(M) Rev % Growth EPS EPS % Growth
EPS Estimates
12/06
12/07
12/08
12/09
12/10
-
-
32,781.60
37,603.92
37,840.73
Factor
-
-
-
14.71%
0.63%
Yearly EPS
$2.23
$2.60
$0.32
$0.77
$-0.27
Factor
31.56%
16.59%
-87.69%
140.62%
-135.06%
EPS Surprise
Actual EPS Prev
EST EPS Current
Change
$-0.55
$0.06
+0.61
Quarterly EPS
$-0.27
$1.25
+1.52
Actual EPS Growth
Est EPS Growth
Change
7.67%
10.00%
+2.33
3-5 year EPS
EPS Quarterly Results Estimate
Actual
Difference
% Difference
FY
Latest Qtr
$0.34
$0.27
$-0.07
-20.59
12/09
1 Qtr Ago
$0.42
$0.52
$0.10
23.81
12/10
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
$-0.53
$1.01
$-0.11
$0.48
$0.85
$0.64
$-1.33
$-0.55
$1.01
$-0.23
$0.52
$0.27
-
-
-
2 Qtr Ago
$0.85
$1.01
$0.16
18.82
12/11
3 Qtr Ago
$-0.53
$-0.55
$-0.02
-3.77
Fiscal Year End Month is December.
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Total
Price Trend & Expert Opinions Price/Volume Activity
Price/Volume Activity Rating
Bullish
Relative Strength vs Market
Chaikin Money Flow
Price and volume activity for MFC is bullish. MFC is trading on higher volume than its 90 day average volume and is in an accelerating price trend compared to 4 months ago.
Price Trend
The rank for MFC is based on its relative weakness versus the market, negative Chaikin money flow, a negative Chaikin price trend, a positive Chaikin price trend ROC and an increasing volume trend.
Price Trend ROC
Volume Trend
Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index
Chaikin Money Flow
Chart shows whether MFC is performing better or worse than the market.
Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.
Price Activity
Price Activity
Volume Activity
Factor
Value
Factor
52 Week High
19.35
% Change Price - 4 Weeks
-11.53%
Average Volume 20 Days
3,389,500
52 Week Low
11.82
% Change Price - 24 Weeks
-33.74%
Average Volume 90 Days
3,262,498
% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P
-10.70%
Chaikin Money Flow Persistency
% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P
-24.16%
% Change YTD Rel S&P 500
-23.25%
Expert Opinions
Value
Factor
Value
36%
Expert Opinions
Bearish
Earnings Estimate Revisions
Expert opinions about MFC are negative. Analysts's opinions on MFC have been more negative recently and analysts are lowering their EPS estimates for MFC.
Short Interest
Insider Activity
The rank for MFC is based on analysts revising earnings estimates downward, a low short interest ratio and pessimistic analyst opinions.
Analyst Opinions
Relative Strength vs Industry
Earnings Estimate Revisions Current Current Qtr Next Qtr
0.06 0.39 Current
Current FY
1.25
Analyst Recommendations
7 Days Ago % Change 0.06 0.39
0.00% 0.00%
30 Days Ago % Change 1.35
-0.10
Factor Mean this Week Mean Last Week
EPS Estimates Revision Summary Value
Buy 0.00
Mean 5 Weeks Ago
Buy
Last 4 Weeks
Down
Up
Down
Curr Qtr
0
0
0
1
Curr Yr
0
1
0
2
Next Qtr
0
0
0
0
Next Yr
0
0
0
1
Buy
Change
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The Company & Its Competitors
News Headlines for MFC
MFC's Competitors in Insurance Company
Power Gauge
Historic EPS growth
Projected EPS growth
Profit Margin
PEG
PE
Revenue(M)
MFC
7.67%
10.00%
6.69%
0.95
9.46
37,841
LNC
16.75%
8.00%
10.24%
0.51
4.59
10,406
RGA
13.56%
-
7.10%
-
6.52
8,262
SLF
3.66%
10.00%
8.96%
0.82
7.58
24,941
LFC
38.33%
13.03%
7.90%
1.26
14.26
57,104
GNW
-0.46%
7.50%
-0.88%
1.37
-
10,089
%
22.30%
4.03%
0.14
3.84
147,434
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Company Details
Company Profile
MANULIFE FINL 200 BLOOR ST EAST TORONTO ONTARIO CANA, A6 CAN Phone: 4169263500 Fax: 416-926-5410 Website: http://http://www.manulife.com/ Full Time Employees: 0 Sector: Finance
Manulife Financial Corporation is engaged in providing financial protection products and investment management services to individuals, families, businesses and groups in selected international markets.
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