TSE:SLF - Sun Life Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

Sun Life Financial's stock was trading at C$50.78 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SLF stock has decreased by 16.5% and is now trading at C$42.38. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sun Life Financial in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 5 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 Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Sun Life Financial.

Sun Life Financial Inc (TSE:SLF) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The financial services provider reported $1.34 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.30 by $0.04. The financial services provider had revenue of $8.53 billion for the quarter. View Sun Life Financial's earnings history.

Sun Life Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 12th. Shareholders of record on Sunday, March 1st will be paid a dividend of 0.55 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. View Sun Life Financial's dividend history.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Sun Life Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from C$49.00 to C$71.00. On average, they anticipate Sun Life Financial's share price to reach C$65.19 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 53.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Sun Life Financial.

Headlines about SLF stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Sun Life Financial earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage 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 effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutSun Life Financial.

Some companies that are related to Sun Life Financial include Insurance Australia Group (IAG), Aviva (AV), Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG), Hiscox (HSX), E-L Financial (ELF), Personal Group (PGH), Echelon Financial (EFH), Helios Underwriting (HUW), FBD (FBH), Assicurazioni Generali (G), AXA (CS) and Esure (ESUR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Sun Life Financial investors own include Intact Financial (IFC), Constellation Software (CSU), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B), AutoCanada (ACQ), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), AbbVie (ABBV), Vermilion Energy (VET), BCE (BCE), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) and Open Text (OTEX).

Sun Life Financial trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker symbol "SLF."

Shares of SLF and other Canadian stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). Brokers that permit trading on the TSX include Fidelity, Interactive Brokers, PennTrade, and Charles Schwab.

One share of SLF stock can currently be purchased for approximately C$42.38.

Sun Life Financial has a market capitalization of C$24.88 billion and generates C$39.68 billion in revenue each year. 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 Sun Life Assurance Co Of Canada One York Street, TORONTO, ON M5J 0B6, Canada. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at +1-416-9794800.