Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSE:SLF - Free Report) NYSE: SLF - Analysts at Cormark lowered their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Sun Life Financial in a note issued to investors on Thursday, February 13th. Cormark analyst L. Persaud now anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $7.88 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $8.21. The consensus estimate for Sun Life Financial's current full-year earnings is $6.92 per share.
SLF has been the subject of several other reports. TD Securities upped their target price on Sun Life Financial from C$81.00 to C$87.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price target on Sun Life Financial from C$78.00 to C$82.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. National Bankshares decreased their target price on Sun Life Financial from C$95.00 to C$93.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on Sun Life Financial from C$90.00 to C$94.00 in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, Barclays increased their price target on Sun Life Financial from C$82.00 to C$87.00 in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of C$87.10.
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Sun Life Financial Price Performance
TSE SLF traded up C$0.61 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting C$78.81. The stock had a trading volume of 4,997,448 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,974,421. The firm's 50 day moving average is C$84.15 and its 200 day moving average is C$79.72. Sun Life Financial has a twelve month low of C$64.38 and a twelve month high of C$88.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.00, a current ratio of 92.19 and a quick ratio of 84,866.00. The stock has a market capitalization of C$45.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.89, a PEG ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.94.
Sun Life Financial Dividend Announcement
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.84 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 26th. This represents a $3.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.26%. Sun Life Financial's dividend payout ratio is presently 48.87%.
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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.
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