Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSE:SLF - Free Report) NYSE: SLF - Investment analysts at Desjardins issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Sun Life Financial in a report released on Thursday, February 13th. Desjardins analyst D. Young expects that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $1.75 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Sun Life Financial's current full-year earnings is $6.92 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Sun Life Financial's Q2 2025 earnings at $1.78 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.83 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $1.89 EPS.
A number of other analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. National Bank Financial raised shares of Sun Life Financial from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. National Bankshares lowered their price objective on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$95.00 to C$93.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$90.00 to C$94.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Cormark upgraded Sun Life Financial from a "hold" rating to a "moderate buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, TD Securities raised their target price on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$81.00 to C$87.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Two research 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 company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of C$87.10.
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Sun Life Financial Stock Performance
SLF traded up C$0.83 during trading on Monday, hitting C$79.64. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,746,896 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,997,141. The business's 50 day simple moving average is C$83.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$79.79. The firm has a market cap of C$45.49 billion, a PE ratio of 12.01, a P/E/G ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.94. Sun Life Financial has a one year low of C$64.38 and a one year high of C$88.54. 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.
Sun Life Financial Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 26th will be paid a $0.84 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 26th. This represents a $3.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.22%. Sun Life Financial's dividend payout ratio is currently 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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