Manulife Financial Corporation

PSE:MFC Stock Report

Market Cap: ₱3.3t

Manulife Financial Valuation

Is MFC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MFC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: MFC (₱1779) is trading below our estimate of fair value (₱3223.79)

Significantly Below Fair Value: MFC is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MFC?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

MFC key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA9.8x
PEG Ratio1.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MFC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MFC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average14.5x
GWO Great-West Lifeco
12.5x5.2%CA$45.7b
1299 AIA Group
17.1x13.9%HK$641.3b
AFL Aflac
16.1x-1.7%US$60.1b
2881 Fubon Financial Holding
12.4x0.07%NT$1.3t
MFC Manulife Financial
15.5x13.5%₱79.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MFC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.5x) compared to the peer average (14.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MFC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Asian Insurance Industry?

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Industry Avg.n/a3.0%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MFC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.5x) compared to the Asian Insurance industry average (10.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MFC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MFC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio15.5x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate MFC's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MFC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current₱1,779.00
₱1,893.90
+6.5%
11.8%₱2,101.00₱1,428.68n/a14
Nov ’25₱1,780.00
₱1,748.81
-1.8%
10.2%₱2,011.41₱1,424.75n/a15
Oct ’25₱1,600.00
₱1,633.79
+2.1%
6.8%₱1,795.22₱1,419.48n/a15
Sep ’25₱1,499.00
₱1,631.97
+8.9%
7.0%₱1,792.78₱1,417.55n/a14
Aug ’25₱1,450.00
₱1,608.37
+10.9%
10.0%₱1,818.24₱1,268.54n/a15
Jul ’25₱1,445.00
₱1,583.11
+9.6%
9.7%₱1,841.32₱1,284.64n/a15
Jun ’25₱1,538.00
₱1,569.10
+2.0%
9.5%₱1,831.63₱1,277.88n/a15
May ’25₱1,250.00
₱1,492.19
+19.4%
9.6%₱1,690.71₱1,268.03n/a15
Apr ’25₱1,250.00
₱1,431.00
+14.5%
9.1%₱1,643.09₱1,232.32n/a15
Mar ’25₱1,200.00
₱1,417.82
+18.2%
10.8%₱1,653.59₱1,083.10n/a16
Feb ’25₱1,002.00
₱1,267.54
+26.5%
6.4%₱1,422.32₱1,096.02n/a14
Jan ’25₱1,130.00
₱1,209.56
+7.0%
7.7%₱1,390.03₱1,062.96n/a14
Dec ’24₱1,098.00
₱1,170.53
+6.6%
8.2%₱1,375.05₱970.62n/a14
Nov ’24₱860.00
₱1,170.42
+36.1%
7.4%₱1,310.22₱982.66₱1,780.0014
Oct ’24₱1,100.00
₱1,201.63
+9.2%
7.6%₱1,376.86₱1,001.35₱1,600.0014
Sep ’24₱990.00
₱1,206.69
+21.9%
7.7%₱1,369.88₱996.28₱1,499.0016
Aug ’24₱1,020.00
₱1,199.13
+17.6%
8.2%₱1,449.87₱994.20₱1,450.0017
Jul ’24₱980.00
₱1,227.94
+25.3%
8.4%₱1,478.60₱1,013.90₱1,445.0015
Jun ’24₱1,035.00
₱1,190.63
+15.0%
7.9%₱1,443.18₱1,030.84₱1,538.0016
May ’24₱950.00
₱1,184.41
+24.7%
8.0%₱1,385.63₱1,018.85₱1,250.0016
Apr ’24₱900.00
₱1,142.70
+27.0%
7.3%₱1,345.52₱989.35₱1,250.0016
Mar ’24₱950.00
₱1,172.43
+23.4%
7.4%₱1,385.03₱1,018.40₱1,200.0016
Feb ’24₱990.00
₱1,115.29
+12.7%
8.2%₱1,386.79₱1,019.70₱1,002.0016
Jan ’24₱920.00
₱1,115.42
+21.2%
7.0%₱1,295.33₱993.09₱1,130.0015
Dec ’23₱900.00
₱1,115.42
+23.9%
7.0%₱1,295.33₱993.09₱1,098.0015
Nov ’23₱900.00
₱1,114.87
+23.9%
8.4%₱1,281.46₱982.46₱860.0015

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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