NYSE:SLFSun Life Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

Sun Life Financial's stock was trading at $36.91 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SLF stock has increased by 16.2% and is now trading at $42.88.
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12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sun Life Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Sun Life Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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Sun Life Financial Inc (NYSE:SLF) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 6th. The financial services provider reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.82 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $10.96 billion during the quarter. Sun Life Financial had a net margin of 6.03% and a return on equity of 13.63%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.24 EPS.
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Sun Life Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 26th will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Wednesday, September 30th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.82%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 25th. This is a positive change from Sun Life Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.39.
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12 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Sun Life Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $72.00. On average, they expect Sun Life Financial's stock price to reach $56.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.7% from the stock's current price.
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News stories about SLF stock have trended somewhat negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Sun Life Financial earned a news impact score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.
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Sun Life Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,690,000 shares, an increase of 72.4% from the April 30th total of 1,560,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 973,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Sun Life Financial include China Life Insurance (LFC), AXA (AXAHY), Prudential Public (PUK), Metlife (MET), Manulife Financial (MFC), Prudential Financial (PRU), SWISS RE LTD/S (SSREY), AVIVA PLC/ADR (AVVIY), Legal & General Group (LGEN), SONY FINL HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY), Globe Life (GL), AEGON (AEG), Lincoln National (LNC), Athene (ATH) and Reinsurance Group of America (RGA).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Sun Life Financial investors own include AT&T (T), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Verizon Communications (VZ), Pfizer (PFE), Manulife Financial (MFC), Bank of America (BAC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Ford Motor (F), Altria Group (MO) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY).

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

Sun Life Financial's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include TD Asset Management Inc. (3.09%), Vanguard Group Inc. (3.06%), FIL Ltd (2.58%), Bank of Nova Scotia (1.58%), FMR LLC (1.10%) and Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. (0.79%).

SLF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Toronto Dominion Bank, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., TD Asset Management Inc., Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc., Alberta Investment Management Corp, and APG Asset Management N.V..

SLF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp, FIL Ltd, Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc., MUFG Securities EMEA plc, FMR LLC, CIBC Asset Management Inc, Value Partners Investments Inc., and Guardian Capital LP.

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 $42.88.

Sun Life Financial has a market capitalization of $25.07 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.

The official website for Sun Life Financial is 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]