Sun Life Financial Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:SLF)

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, July 31st. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.401 per share on Monday, September 30th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 27th. This is a positive change from Sun Life Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. View Sun Life Financial's Dividend History.

Sun Life Financial Inc (NYSE:SLF) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The financial services provider reported $1.24 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.30. The financial services provider earned $7.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.93 billion. Sun Life Financial had a return on equity of 13.37% and a net margin of 6.83%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.20 earnings per share. View Sun Life Financial's Earnings History.

Sun Life Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Sun Life Financial.

Sun Life Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, November 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Sun Life Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Sun Life Financial's share price to reach $54.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Sun Life Financial.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sun Life Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Sun Life Financial.

News articles about SLF stock have trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Sun Life Financial earned a coverage optimism score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Sun Life Financial.

Sun Life Financial saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,520,000 shares, a drop of 16.6% from the August 30th total of 3,020,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 525,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.8 days. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the stock 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), Prudential Financial (PRU), SWISS RE LTD/S (SSREY), AVIVA PLC/ADR (AVVIY), HANNOVER RUECK/S (HVRRY), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Lincoln National (LNC), AEGON (AEG), Globe Life (GL), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) and SONY FINL HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Sun Life Financial investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Manulife Financial (MFC), AT&T (T), Ford Motor (F), Bank of America (BAC), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) and CBL & Associates Properties (CBL).

Sun Life Financial's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alberta Investment Management Corp (0.44%), Cardinal Capital Management Inc. (0.21%), Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.06%), Hexavest Inc. (0.03%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%) and DORCHESTER WEALTH MANAGEMENT Co (0.01%).

SLF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Cardinal Capital Management Inc., CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, JCIC Asset Management Inc., Villere ST Denis J & Co. LLC and World Asset Management Inc.

SLF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alberta Investment Management Corp, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC, Capital City Trust Co. FL, Signaturefd LLC, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, North Star Investment Management Corp., CWM LLC and Envestnet 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 $44.99.

Sun Life Financial has a market capitalization of $26.44 billion and generates $20.83 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.25 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.75 on an earnings per share basis. Sun Life Financial employs 22,318 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]