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.

SUN LIFE FINANCIAL $46.82 (Toronto symbol SLF; Shares outstanding: 613.7 million; Market cap: $28.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.7%; www.sunlife.ca) sells life insurance, savings, retirement and pension products. The company mainly operates in Canada, the U.S., Asia and the U.K....
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In the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis, Manulife cut its dividend by 50% to conserve cash. Thanks to the company’s improving outlook, it resumed its pattern of annual dividend increases in 2014. Moreover, the stock remains attractive in relation to its earnings.


Manulife’s steady progress is thanks in part to several successful acquisitions that have helped fuel its earnings....
GREAT-WEST LIFECO $33.58 (Toronto symbol GWO; shares outstanding: 986.4 million; Market cap: $33.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.4%; www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s secondlargest insurance company, after Manulife Financial (Toronto symbol MFC)....
We continue to like the long-term outlook for these two important members of the Power Financial family. For new buying, we prefer IGM over Great-West.


GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $35 (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Fi nance sector; shares outstanding: 989.9 million; Market cap: $34.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 4.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s second-largest insurance company, after Manulife Financial....
GREAT-WEST LIFECO $37.09 (Toronto symbol GWO; s/o: 986.4 million; Market cap: $36.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd. yield: 4.0%; www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s second-largest insurance company, after Manulife Financial (Toronto symbol MFC)....
GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $37 (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; s/o: 986.4 million; Market cap: $36.5 billion; p/s ratio: 1.9; Divd. Yield: 4.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s second-largest insurance company, after Manulife Financial....
A: Dividend 15 Split Corp., $10.85, symbol DFN on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 34.7 million; Market cap: $376.5 million; www.dividend15.com), is a split-share investment corporation that holds shares of 15 companies: BCE Inc., CI Financial Corporation, Bank of Nova Scotia, Thomson Reuters, National Bank of Canada, TransAlta Corporation, Sun Life Financial, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, TransCanada Corporation, Manulife Financial, TD Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Montreal, Telus Corporation and Enbridge.


The company can also invest up to 15% of its portfolio in other stocks.


Dividend 15 Split Corp....
ENBRIDGE INC. $55.27 (Toronto symbol ENB; Shares outstanding: 934.2 million; Market cap: $52.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.2%; www.enbridge.com) operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada to eastern Canada and the U.S....
MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP. $24.34 (Toronto symbol MFC; Shares outstanding: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $48.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.4%; www.manulife.ca) offers life and other related forms of insurance; it also sells mutual funds and investment management services.


In the quarter ended December 31, 2016, the company earned $0.63 per share, excluding one-time items....
GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $37 (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 986.4 million; Market cap: $36.5 billion; Dividend Yield: 4.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.greatwestlifeco. com) is Canada’s second-largest insurance company, after Manulife Financial (Toronto symbol MFC)....