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

Company Overview

Sun Life is a leading international financial services organization providing asset management, wealth, insurance and health solutions to individual and institutional Clients. Sun Life has operations in a number of markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda. As of March 31, 2025, Sun Life had total assets under management of $1.55 trillion.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$103.30 to C$105.04
• 50-Day Range: C$101.10 to C$114.52
• 52-Week Range: C$79.99 to C$118.99
• Volume: 1.71 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.84 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$57.73 billion
• P/E Ratio: 19.47
• Dividend Yield: 3.62%
• Price Target: C$116.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Sun Life Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Sun Life Financial scored higher than 52% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Sun Life Financial has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.45, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Sun Life Financial has a consensus price target of C$116.50, representing about 12.1% upside from its current price of C$103.95.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Sun Life Financial has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Sun Life Financial is 19.47, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.41.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Sun Life Financial is 19.47, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.73.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Sun Life Financial has a PEG Ratio of 1.33. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Sun Life Financial has a P/B Ratio of 2.14. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SLF.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Sun Life Financial is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.83%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Sun Life Financial does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Sun Life Financial is 70.41%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.09

News Sentiment

Sun Life Financial has a news sentiment score of 0.09. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.66 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Sun Life Financial this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for SLF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -60% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Sun Life Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Sun Life Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$19,874,331.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.03% of the stock of Sun Life Financial is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

31.93% of the stock of Sun Life Financial is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 9/29 Dividend: 8/26/2026
• Record date for 9/29 Dividend: 9/29/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/29/2026
• Last Earnings: 11/04/2026
• Today: 11/14/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/31 Dividend: 11/25/2026
• Record date for 12/31 Dividend: 12/31/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Life & Health Insurance
• Current Symbol: TSE:SLF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.sunlife.com
• Phone: +1-416-9794800
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 32,151
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Sun Life Financial: C$116.50
• High Price Target: C$141.00
• Low Price Target: C$98.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +12.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.45
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$5.34
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.47
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 1.33
• Net Income: C$3.76 billion
• Net Margins: 10.35%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 12.66%
• Return on Assets: 0.81%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 33.93
• Current Ratio: 23.85
• Quick Ratio: 84,866.00

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$31.84 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.81
• Cash Flow: C$238.91 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.44
• Book Value: C$48.61 per share
• Price / Book: 2.14

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 555,403,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$57.73 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.67