NYSE:SLF - Sun Life Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

Sun Life Financial trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SLF."

Sun Life Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 12th. Stockholders of record on Sunday, March 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.416 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $1.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. View Sun Life Financial's Dividend History.

Sun Life Financial Inc (NYSE:SLF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The financial services provider reported $1.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.36. The financial services provider had revenue of $8.53 billion for the quarter. Sun Life Financial had a net margin of 6.72% and a return on equity of 13.62%. Sun Life Financial's revenue was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.19 earnings per share. View Sun Life Financial's Earnings History.

Sun Life Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Sun Life Financial.

10 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Sun Life Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $52.00 to $72.00. On average, they expect Sun Life Financial's stock price to reach $61.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 41.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Sun Life Financial.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sun Life Financial in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Sun Life Financial.

Media headlines about SLF stock have trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Sun Life Financial earned a daily sentiment score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Sun Life Financial.

Sun Life Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 4,040,000 shares, an increase of 5.2% from the January 30th total of 3,840,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 535,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.5 days. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Sun Life Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Sun Life Financial include China Life Insurance (LFC), AXA (AXAHY), Prudential Public (PUK), Metlife (MET), Manulife Financial (MFC), SWISS RE LTD/S (SSREY), Prudential Financial (PRU), HANNOVER RUECK/S (HVRRY), AVIVA PLC/ADR (AVVIY), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Globe Life (GL), SONY FINL HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY), AEGON (AEG), Lincoln National (LNC) and Reinsurance Group of America (RGA).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Sun Life Financial investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), AT&T (T), Manulife Financial (MFC), BCE (BCE), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Ford Motor (F), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Enbridge (ENB) and Pfizer (PFE).

Sun Life Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FIL Ltd (3.06%), TD Asset Management Inc. (3.03%), Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. (2.51%), Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. (1.33%), CIBC World Markets Inc. (1.04%) and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (0.97%).

SLF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alberta Investment Management Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Guardian Capital LP, Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Citigroup Inc., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ and Goldman Sachs Group Inc..

SLF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FIL Ltd, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, First Trust Advisors LP, Cardinal Capital Management Inc., M&G Investment Management Ltd., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and TD Asset Management Inc..

Shares of SLF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SLF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.24.

Sun Life Financial has a market capitalization of $25.42 billion and generates $29.90 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.22 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.89 on an earnings per share basis. Sun Life Financial employs 22,719 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Sun Life Financial.

The official website for Sun Life Financial is http://www.sunlife.com/.

Sun Life Financial's mailing address is 1 YORK STREET 31ST FLOOR, TORONTO A6, M5J 0B6. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 416-979-9966 or via email at [email protected]