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

Company Overview

Sun Life Financial is one of Canada's Big Three life insurance companies along with Great-West Lifeco and Manulife. Sun Life provides insurance, retirement, and wealth-management services to individual and corporate customers in Canada, the United States, and Asia. It also owns MFS Investment Management, a Boston-based asset-management firm. Sun Life generates about a third of its profit from asset-management operations.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$99.03 to C$100.56
• 50-Day Range: C$85.26 to C$101.66
• 52-Week Range: C$77.38 to C$101.94
• Volume: 5.83 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.06 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$54.92 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.45
• Dividend Yield: 3.63%
• Price Target: C$101.60
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Sun Life Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Sun Life Financial scored higher than 35% 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: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Sun Life Financial has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.55, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 5 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Sun Life Financial is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

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: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Sun Life Financial is 18.45, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.22.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Sun Life Financial is 18.45, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 16.18.

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 2.12. 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 3.71%, 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 67.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.60

News Sentiment

Sun Life Financial has a news sentiment score of -0.60. 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 0.83 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Sun Life Financial this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

14 people have searched for SLF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 133% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Sun Life Financial insiders have sold 2,752.84% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$660,318.00 in company stock and sold C$18,837,806.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

32.99% of the stock of Sun Life Financial is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend: 2/25/2026
• Record date for 3/31 Dividend: 3/31/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/31/2026
• Last Earnings: 5/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 5/27/2026
• Today: 5/31/2026
• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Insurance - Diversified
• Sub-Industry: Insurance
• Current Symbol: TSE:SLF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.sunlife.com
• Phone: +1-416-9794800
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 29,200
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Sun Life Financial: C$101.60
• High Price Target: C$115.00
• Low Price Target: C$85.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +2.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.55
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$5.37
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.45
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.31
• P/E Growth: 1.33
• Net Income: C$3.76 billion
• Net Margins: 9.12%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 12.98%
• Return on Assets: 0.81%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 33.48
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: 84,866.00

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$35.87 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.53
• Cash Flow: C$227.72 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.44
• Book Value: C$46.84 per share
• Price / Book: 2.12

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 554,255,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$54.92 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.73