National Bank Financial Weighs in on TSE:SLF Q2 Earnings

Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSE:SLF - Free Report) NYSE: SLF - Investment analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Sun Life Financial in a report released on Wednesday, February 12th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $1.79 per share for the quarter. National Bank Financial has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Sun Life Financial's current full-year earnings is $6.92 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Sun Life Financial's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.86 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.91 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.16 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently commented on SLF. Cormark increased their price target on Sun Life Financial from C$82.00 to C$85.00 in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. TD Securities increased their price target 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. National Bankshares cut their price objective 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 upped their price objective on Sun Life Financial from C$90.00 to C$94.00 in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, CIBC dropped their price target on Sun Life Financial from C$97.00 to C$95.00 in a research report on Friday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of C$87.10.

Sun Life Financial Stock Up 0.8 %

SLF traded up C$0.61 on Friday, reaching C$78.81. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,997,448 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,974,421. The stock has a market cap of C$45.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.94. Sun Life Financial has a 1 year low of C$64.38 and a 1 year 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 business's 50 day moving average is C$84.15 and its 200 day moving average is C$79.72.

Sun Life Financial Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st will be given a $0.84 dividend. This represents a $3.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 26th. Sun Life Financial's dividend payout ratio is currently 48.87%.

Sun Life Financial Company Profile

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.