Manulife Financial is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is a life insurance company. Co.'s four operating segments are: Asia, which includes a range of health, protection, savings, medical, term and whole life products; Canada, which provides life, health, disability and specialty products, such as mortgage creditor and travel insurance; U.S., which provides a range of life insurance products, insurance-based wealth accumulation products, and has an in-force long-term care insurance business and an in-force annuity business; and Global Wealth and Asset Management, which provides investment advice and solutions to retirement, retail and institutional clients. We show 12 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of MFC's shares outstanding history.
Understanding the changing numbers of MFC shares outstanding — and
comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like MFC versus peers —
is critical for investors. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies.
Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching MFC by allowing them to research MFC shares outstanding history
as well as any other stock in our coverage universe. |
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