SLF vs. GWO, IFC, NA, MFC, CM, POW, BAM, BNS, BMO, and TD
Should you be buying Sun Life Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sun Life Financial include Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Intact Financial (IFC), National Bank of Canada (NA), Manulife Financial (MFC), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Power Co. of Canada (POW), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Bank of Montreal (BMO), and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Sun Life Financial vs.
Great-West Lifeco (TSE:GWO) and Sun Life Financial (TSE:SLF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Great-West Lifeco had 6 more articles in the media than Sun Life Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Great-West Lifeco and 4 mentions for Sun Life Financial. Great-West Lifeco's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Sun Life Financial's score of 0.39 indicating that Great-West Lifeco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sun Life Financial has a net margin of 13.30% compared to Great-West Lifeco's net margin of 4.31%. Sun Life Financial's return on equity of 13.23% beat Great-West Lifeco's return on equity.
Great-West Lifeco has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Life Financial has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sun Life Financial received 363 more outperform votes than Great-West Lifeco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.18% of users gave Sun Life Financial an outperform vote while only 39.79% of users gave Great-West Lifeco an outperform vote.
Sun Life Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Great-West Lifeco. Sun Life Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great-West Lifeco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
10.8% of Great-West Lifeco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of Sun Life Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 70.6% of Great-West Lifeco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Sun Life Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Great-West Lifeco pays an annual dividend of C$2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Great-West Lifeco pays out 76.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sun Life Financial pays out 55.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Great-West Lifeco currently has a consensus target price of C$37.38, suggesting a potential downside of 2.59%. Sun Life Financial has a consensus target price of C$73.31, suggesting a potential upside of 8.62%. Given Sun Life Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sun Life Financial is more favorable than Great-West Lifeco.
Summary
Sun Life Financial beats Great-West Lifeco on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SLF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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