Cormark Predicts Sun Life Financial's Q2 Earnings (TSE:SLF)

Key Points

• Cormark has issued a Q2 2025 earnings estimate for **Sun Life Financial** (TSE:SLF), forecasting **$1.77 per share** for the quarter, with a consensus full-year estimate of **$6.92 per share**.
• Sun Life Financial has announced an increase in its quarterly dividend to **$0.88 per share**, representing an annual yield of **4.2%** and a payout ratio of **48.87%**.
• The stock currently holds an average rating of **"Moderate Buy"** with an average target price of **C$88.38**, despite varying recommendations from multiple analysts.

Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSE:SLF - Free Report) NYSE: SLF - Investment analysts at Cormark issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Sun Life Financial in a research note issued on Wednesday, July 30th. Cormark analyst L. Persaud forecasts that the financial services provider will earn $1.77 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Sun Life Financial's current full-year earnings is $6.92 per share.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. TD Securities raised their price objective on Sun Life Financial from C$83.00 to C$86.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. Barclays lowered Sun Life Financial from a "hold" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a research note on Monday, July 7th. Scotiabank raised Sun Life Financial to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. National Bankshares reduced their price target on Sun Life Financial from C$94.00 to C$93.00 in a report on Friday, July 11th. Finally, CIBC cut their price target on Sun Life Financial from C$94.00 to C$89.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Sun Life Financial currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of C$88.38.

Sun Life Financial Price Performance

TSE SLF traded up C$0.79 during trading hours on Friday, hitting C$84.12. The company had a trading volume of 299,475 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,058,159. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of C$87.13 and a 200 day simple moving average of C$83.59. Sun Life Financial has a 52 week low of C$64.38 and a 52 week high of C$91.11. The firm has a market capitalization of C$48.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.69, a PEG ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.00, a quick ratio of 84,866.00 and a current ratio of 92.19.

Sun Life Financial Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 30th were given a $0.88 dividend. This is a boost from Sun Life Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.84. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, May 28th. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.2%. Sun Life Financial's payout ratio is currently 48.87%.

Insider Activity

In other Sun Life Financial news, Director Kevin Strain purchased 3,850 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 5th. The shares were acquired at an average price of C$89.10 per share, for a total transaction of C$343,035.00. Also, Senior Officer Stephen Peacher sold 80,048 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of C$87.70, for a total transaction of C$7,020,209.60. Insiders have sold a total of 188,721 shares of company stock worth $16,554,701 in the last quarter. Insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

Sun Life Financial Company Profile

Sun Life Financial is one of Canada's Big Three life insurance companies along with Great-West Lifeco and Manulife. Sun Life provides insurance, retirement, and wealth-management services to individual and corporate customers in Canada, the United States, and Asia. It also owns MFS Investment Management, a Boston-based asset-management firm.