National Bank Financial Comments on TSE:SLF Q1 Earnings

Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSE:SLF - Free Report) NYSE: SLF - Analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Sun Life Financial in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 12th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $1.73 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 FY2025 earnings at $7.29 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently issued reports on SLF. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on Sun Life Financial from C$90.00 to C$94.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Barclays increased their price objective on Sun Life Financial from C$82.00 to C$87.00 in a research report on Monday, January 6th. TD Securities lifted their price target on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$81.00 to C$87.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$78.00 to C$82.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Cormark upgraded Sun Life Financial from a "hold" rating to a "moderate buy" rating in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Sun Life Financial currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of C$87.10.

Sun Life Financial Stock Up 1.1 %

Shares of SLF traded up C$0.83 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting C$79.64. 2,746,896 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,997,141. The company has a quick ratio of 84,866.00, a current ratio of 92.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.00. The stock has a market cap of C$45.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.01, a P/E/G ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.94. The firm has a fifty day moving average of C$83.87 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$79.79. Sun Life Financial has a twelve month low of C$64.38 and a twelve month high of C$88.54.

Sun Life Financial Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 26th will be issued a dividend of $0.84 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 26th. This represents a $3.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.22%. Sun Life Financial's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 48.87%.

About Sun Life Financial

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.