05:23 PM EST, 11/06/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Manulife Financial ( MFC ) reported Q3 core earnings late Wednesday of CA$1 ($0.72) per share, up from CA$0.92 a year earlier.

Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected CA$0.94 normalized for the quarter ended Sept. 30.

Separately, the company declared quarterly dividend of CA$0.40 per share, payable by Dec. 19 to shareholders as of Nov. 30.