Sun Life Financial (SLF) Competitors

Sun Life Financial (NYSE:SLF) and Chubb (NYSE:CB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is SLF or CB more profitable?

Chubb has a net margin of 15.05% compared to Sun Life Financial's net margin of 7.47%. Sun Life Financial's return on equity of 17.33% beat Chubb's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sun Life Financial	7.47%	17.33%	1.12%
Chubb	15.05%	12.37%	3.43%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SLF or CB?

Chubb received 239 more outperform votes than Sun Life Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.86% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave Sun Life Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sun Life Financial	Outperform Votes 494 62.37%	Underperform Votes 298 37.63%
Chubb	Outperform Votes 733 62.86%	Underperform Votes 433 37.14%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SLF or CB?

52.3% of Sun Life Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Chubb shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Chubb shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, SLF or CB?

Chubb has higher revenue and earnings than Sun Life Financial. Chubb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Life Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sun Life Financial	$28.32B	1.29	$2.31B	$3.93	16.48
Chubb	$55.75B	2.07	$9.27B	$20.78	13.87

Does the media prefer SLF or CB?

In the previous week, Chubb had 24 more articles in the media than Sun Life Financial. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Chubb and 6 mentions for Sun Life Financial. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Sun Life Financial's score of 0.90 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sun Life Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chubb	27 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer SLF or CB?

Sun Life Financial currently has a consensus target price of $88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.84%. Chubb has a consensus target price of $307.53, suggesting a potential upside of 6.71%. Given Sun Life Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sun Life Financial is more favorable than Chubb.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sun Life Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Chubb	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Is SLF or CB a better dividend stock?

Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Sun Life Financial pays out 64.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chubb pays out 18.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Sun Life Financial has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Chubb has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, SLF or CB?

Sun Life Financial has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chubb has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Chubb beats Sun Life Financial on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.