Investigating a stock’s 52-week price history, covering the range of low and high prices, can provide significant information about its present state and future potential. Manulife Financial Corp.’s current trading price is -6.67% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 11.54%. The stock’s price range during this period has varied between $17.07 and $20.40. The company, active in the Financial sector, saw a trading volume of around 8.14 million for the day, considerably higher average daily volume of 3.05 million observed over the last three months.
Manulife Financial Corp. (MFC) currently has a stock price of $19.04. The stock saw a sharp increase in the last trading session, hitting a high of $19.32 after opening at $19.10. The lowest recorded price for the day was $18.965 before it closed at $19.29.
The market performance of Manulife Financial Corp. has been somewhat stable. Over the past year, the company’s stock achieved a high of $20.40 on 02/16/23, with the lowest value for the same timeframe being $17.07, recorded on 10/27/23.
How Financial Performance Impacts Market Capitalization
Manulife Financial Corp. (MFC) has experienced a quarterly rise of 6.79% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 34.82B and boasts a workforce of 40000 employees.
Decoding Analysts’ Ratings for Manulife Financial Corp.
As of right now, 3 analysts are rating Manulife Financial Corp. as a BUY, 2 of the polled analysts branded the stock as an OVERWEIGHT, 7 analysts are recommending to HOLD this stock, 0 of them gave the stock UNDERWEIGHT rating, and 1 analyst is rating the stock as SELL.
The Role of Moving Averages and Trading Volume in Technical Analysis
Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 18.65, with a change in price of +0.15. Similarly, Manulife Financial Corp. recorded 3,201,463 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of +0.79%.
How MFC’s Debt-to-Equity Ratio Affects Financial Health
A company’s financial condition and market reputation can be evaluated using the debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio. This ratio, calculated by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, indicates the proportion of debt a company employs to back its assets in relation to its shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for MFC stands at 0.27. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 0.27.
MFC Stock Stochastic Average
As of today, the raw stochastic average of Manulife Financial Corp. over the last 50 days is at 76.22%. This shows a declinee from the raw stochastic average of the previous 20 days, which was recorded at 88.44%. Further, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the last 20 days were 94.63% and 92.86%, respectively.
MFC Stock Price Performance Analysis
Investors’ outlook regarding the stock price performance over the year has been split, with some feeling optimistic and others feeling pessimistic, as it’s been a mixed bag. Year to date metric has recorded a gain of 6.73%.However, over the last six months, we can see a weaker performance of 0.63%. Over the last 30 days, the price of MFC has fallen by 8.74%. And in the last five days, it has surged by 0.47%.
