manulife financial

Toronto symbol MFC, sells life and other forms of insurance, as well as mutual funds and investment management services. It operates in 19 countries and territories worldwide.

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP. $24 (Toronto symbol MFC; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio; Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $48.0 billion; Dividend yield: 3.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.manulife.ca) is Canada’s largest life insurance provider....
MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP. $23.63 (Toronto symbol MFC; Shares o/s: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $46.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.7%; www.manulife.ca) is Canada’s largest life insurer.


The company also sells other forms of insurance, including health, dental and travel plans, as well as mutual funds and investment management services....
GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $34 (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; shares outstanding: 988.7 million; Market cap: $33.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 4.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s second-largest insurance company, after Manulife Financial (Toronto symbol MFC)....
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MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP. $26.10 (Toronto symbol MFC; Shares outstanding: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $52.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.1%; www.manulife.ca) is now Canada’s largest life insurer.

As the company’s new CEO, Roy Gori plans to cut Manulife’s dependence on its “alternative assets.” They include direct investments in timberland, agricultural crops, and oil and gas wells.

Gori’s predecessor, Donald Guloien, saw those purchases as a way to boost returns for Manulife’s investment portfolio at a time of low interest rates....
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $230.40 (Toronto symbol CP; shares ooutstanding: 147.7 million; Market cap: $33.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.0%; www.cpr.ca) ships freight over a 22,000-kilometre rail network between Montreal and Vancouver, with links to hubs in the U.S.

The company has agreed to repurchase up to 755,000 of its shares from two separate private sellers at a discount to the market price....
MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP. $27 (Toronto symbol MFC; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio; Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $54.0 billion; Dividend yield: 3.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.manulife.ca) is Canada’s largest life insurance provider....
GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $35 (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 989.2 million; Market cap: $34.6 billion; Dividend Yield: 4.2%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s second-largest insurance company, after Manulife Financial (Toronto symbol MFC)....
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC. $52 (Toronto symbol SLF; Conservative- Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 612.0 million; Market cap: $31.8 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.sunlife.ca) originally began operating as The Sun Insurance Company of Montreal in 1865....
PRECISION DRILLING CORP. $3.37 (Toronto symbol PD; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resource sector; Shares outstanding: 293.2 million; Market cap: $985.1 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend suspended in March 2016; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.precisiondrilling....