Manulife Financial Corp. (NYSE: MFC): Think Like A Lender, Not An Investor

Manulife Financial Corp. (NYSE:MFC) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.96M but it saw 1023874 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 53.31B USD, the company’s current market price of $29.98 came falling about -0.13 while comparing to the previous closing price of $30.02. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $30.86 and as low as $17.07. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $29.66 while lowest mark touched by it was $30.1.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Manulife Financial Corp. (MFC) gives us an average price of $30.04, while its current price level is -2.85% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 75.63% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $28.58 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $25.54. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.33% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.37%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 57.69 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, MFC’s stock price is moving -1.90% down while it is 2.92% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 35.66% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 72.20%.

Currently, Manulife Financial Corp.’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.81B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 6.85% and return on equity (ROE) at 9.60%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 17.25 while having a 10.19 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.07. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.73 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.42. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.51% on average.