NYSE:SLFSun Life Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

Sun Life Financial's stock was trading at $36.91 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SLF stock has decreased by 1.7% and is now trading at $36.30. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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, 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Sun Life Financial.

Sun Life Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Sun Life Financial.

Sun Life Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, August 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.

Sun Life Financial Inc (NYSE:SLF) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The financial services provider reported $1.31 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.52. The financial services provider earned $4.82 billion during the quarter. Sun Life Financial had a return on equity of 13.77% and a net margin of 7.01%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.20 EPS. View Sun Life Financial's earnings history.

Sun Life Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 5th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 27th will be given a dividend of $0.394 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $1.58 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.34%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 26th. View Sun Life Financial's dividend history.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Sun Life Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $72.00. On average, they expect Sun Life Financial's share price to reach $56.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 54.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Sun Life Financial.

News headlines about SLF stock have trended negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Sun Life Financial earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Sun Life Financial.

Sun Life Financial saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,190,000 shares, a decrease of 10.2% from the June 15th total of 2,440,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 814,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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), SWISS RE LTD/S (SSREY), Manulife Financial (MFC), Prudential Financial (PRU), AVIVA PLC/ADR (AVVIY), Legal & General Group (LGEN), SONY FINL HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY), AEGON (AEG), Globe Life (GL), Lincoln National (LNC), Athene (ATH) and Voya Financial (VOYA). View all competitors.

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), Ford Motor (F), Pfizer (PFE), Verizon Communications (VZ), Bank of America (BAC), BCE (BCE), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) and Blackstone Group (BX).

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

Sun Life Financial's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.00%).

SLF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 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 $36.30.

Sun Life Financial has a market capitalization of $21.22 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]