ACGL vs CB vs SLF Stock Comparison

Arch Capital, Chubb and Sun Life Financial Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd.
$103.94 +9.3% 1M +21.1% 1Y
Market cap
$36.42B
P/E
8.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.78B
Div. yield
0.00%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
3 wins
CB Chubb Ltd
$362.30 +9.1% 1M +30.3% 1Y
Market cap
$140.14B
P/E
12.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$61.85B
Div. yield
0.01%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
4 wins
SLF Sun Life Financial Inc
$81.79 +3.5% 1M +32.5% 1Y
Market cap
$45.50B
P/E
19.0x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Life Insurance Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Chubb leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Chubb 4, Arch Capital 3, Sun Life Financial 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionACGLCBSLFLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $36.42B $140.14B $45.50B CB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 8.4x 12.5x 19.0x ACGL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.2x 11.7x 13.5x ACGL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -3.9% +5.7% — CB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 18.2% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 12.0% 12.7% SLF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% CB
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +21.1% +30.3% +32.5% SLF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +20.0%/yr +13.2%/yr +7.5%/yr ACGL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 20.7% 19.4% 18.6% SLF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 60/100 34/100 CB

Percentile Scorecard

ACGLCBSLF

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisACGLCBSLF
Valuation 64 #43 of 119 42 #70 of 119 21 #94 of 119
Growth 31 #79 of 114 53 #54 of 114 29 #81 of 114
Profitability 69 #34 of 106 75 #27 of 106 42 #62 of 106
Financial Health – 71 #31 of 104 33 #70 of 104
Shareholder Returns 17 #87 of 105 61 #42 of 105 44 #59 of 105
Overall 45 60 34
  • ACGL ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • CB ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • SLF ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodACGLCBSLFSPY
1 month +9.3%+9.1%+3.5% +0.7%
3 months +2.8%+3.5%-1.2% +3.7%
6 months +10.0%+10.8%+13.5% +7.1%
Year to date +8.4%+16.1%+31.1% +12.8%
1 year +21.1%+30.3%+32.5% +11.9%
3 years +25.4%+69.5%+79.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +7.8%+19.3%+21.6% +22.8%
5 years +148.5%+85.4%+43.6% +67.6%
5 years, per year +20.0%+13.2%+7.5% +10.9%
10 years +302.5%+184.1%+145.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year +14.9%+11.0%+9.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureACGLCBSLFSPY
Volatility, 1Y 20.7%19.4%18.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.1%17.7%20.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.35-0.410.37 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.021.561.75 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -26.2%-20.0%-33.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.4%-0.5%-2.7% -1.2%
52-week high $106.48$364.00$84.07 $779.14
52-week low $85.85$276.94$57.60 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleACGLCBSLF
P/E now vs peer median 8.2xmedian 10.7x 12.4xmedian 10.7x 19.3xmedian 10.7x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.4x 2.2xmedian 1.4x —median 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.5x —median 7.5x —median 7.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.4xmedian 8.5x 7.8xmedian 8.5x 13.8xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.5x 1.8xmedian 1.5x 2.4xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.48median 0.60 0.65median 0.60 7.34median 0.60

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsACGLCBSLF
Revenue $18.78B $61.85B –
Gross profit – $35.22B –
Operating income – $14.60B –
Net income $4.38B $11.25B $2.57B
Free cash flow – $17.81B $3.28B
EPS (diluted) $12.43 $28.84 $4.23
Cash & equivalents $1.15B $3.01B –
Total debt – $19.09B $6.42B
Shares (diluted) 348.80M 389.37M 566.00M
Enterprise value $36.42B $85.78B $3.46B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricACGLCBSLF
P/E 8.2x 12.4x 19.3x
P/FCF 5.4x 7.8x 13.8x
P/Operating cash flow 6.3x 7.8x 13.4x
P/S 1.9x 2.2x –
P/B 1.5x 1.8x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 1.9x 3.0x
EV/EBITDA – – –
EV/EBIT – 9.9x 10.1x
EV/Revenue 1.9x 2.3x –
EV/FCF – 8.1x 12.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.3x 8.1x 12.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.48 0.65 7.34

Growth

14 metrics
MetricACGLCBSLF
Revenue growth (1Y) -3.9% 5.7% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.8% 8.7% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 11.4% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 12.8% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 11.1% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 16.6% –
Net income growth (1Y) 6.9% 11.5% 4.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 13.8% 16.9% 6.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.3% 19.5% 4.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.2% 19.1% 2.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -10.5% 33.7% 8.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.8% 13.7% 13.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 33.7% 8.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 13.7% 9.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricACGLCBSLF
Gross margin – 56.9% –
EBITDA margin – – –
Operating margin – 23.6% –
Pretax margin – 22.3% –
Net margin – 18.2% –
FCF margin – 28.8% –
Operating cash flow margin 30.2% 28.8% –
Return on equity 18.0% 14.0% 13.9%
Return on assets 5.0% 3.9% 0.9%
Return on invested capital – 12.0% 12.7%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.2x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.6x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricACGLCBSLF
Debt / assets – 6.7% 2.1%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – 1.1x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 72.7% 72.3% 93.7%
Equity / assets 27.3% 27.7% 6.3%
Interest coverage – 18.1x 5.6x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricACGLCBSLF
Dividend yield 0.0% 1.1% 4.6%
Net buyback yield – 2.9% -0.1%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 4.0% 4.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 0.1% 13.7% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 8.7% –
Dividend growth (1Y) -99.7% 3.6% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 3.5% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusACGLCBSLF
Forward P/E 10.2xFY2026 11.7xFY2026 13.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.24FY2026 $30.86FY2026 $6.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +3.7%FY2026 +24.5%FY2026 +11.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -9.2% +2.1% -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $16.72BFY2026 $61.37BFY2026 $6.17BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.4%FY2026 +11.9%FY2026 -4.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -5.0% +6.9% +29.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersACGLCBSLF
Held by institutions 91.0% 89.7% 44.7%
Institutions holding 904 2,150 491
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.7% -0.8% +1.3%
Institutions buying 429 1,014 256
Institutions selling 364 804 130
Buyers to sellers 1.18 1.26 1.97

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ACGLCBSLF
ACGL 1.00 0.77 0.26
CB 0.77 1.00 0.24
SLF 0.26 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ACGL, CB and SLF?

Chubb (CB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Arch Capital (ACGL) $36.42B, Chubb (CB) $140.14B, Sun Life Financial (SLF) $45.50B.

Which stock is cheaper, ACGL, CB and SLF?

Arch Capital (ACGL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Arch Capital (ACGL) 8.4x, Chubb (CB) 12.5x, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 19.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Arch Capital (ACGL) is cheapest (Arch Capital (ACGL) 10.2x, Chubb (CB) 11.7x, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 13.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Chubb (CB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arch Capital (ACGL) -3.9%, Chubb (CB) +5.7%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sun Life Financial (SLF) returned the most: Arch Capital (ACGL) +21.1%, Chubb (CB) +30.3%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) +32.5%. Over five years, Arch Capital (ACGL) compounded fastest (Arch Capital (ACGL) +20.0%/yr, Chubb (CB) +13.2%/yr, Sun Life Financial (SLF) +7.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Chubb (CB) has the highest dividend yield: Arch Capital (ACGL) 0.00%, Chubb (CB) 0.01%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 0.00%. Sun Life Financial (SLF) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sun Life Financial (SLF) has been the steadiest (Arch Capital (ACGL) 20.7%, Chubb (CB) 19.4%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 18.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ACGL, CB and SLF?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Chubb (CB) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.