BLNC vs MRSH vs SLF Stock Comparison

Balance Labs, Marsh & Mclennan Companies and Sun Life Financial Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BLNC Balance Labs, Inc.
$1.55 0.0% 1M -29.5% 1Y
Market cap
$72.62M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
-$10.17K
Div. yield
–
Financial Advisory Financial Services
1 win
SLF Sun Life Financial Inc
$80.05 +0.2% 1M +28.5% 1Y
Market cap
$44.33B
P/E
18.8x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
4.70%
Life Insurance Financial Services
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Sun Life Financial leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Sun Life Financial 5, Marsh & Mclennan Companies 3, Balance Labs 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLNCMRSHSLFLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $72.62M $90.57B $44.33B MRSH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -2.3x 22.5x 18.8x SLF
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 18.7x 13.2x SLF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +7.6% — –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 14.2% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 13.1% 12.7% MRSH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.7x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.98% 4.70% SLF
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -29.5% +1.6% +28.5% SLF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.2%/yr +2.6%/yr +6.9%/yr BLNC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.4% 26.0% 18.6% SLF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 7/100 36/100 34/100 MRSH

Percentile Scorecard

BLNCMRSHSLF

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

AxisBLNCMRSHSLF
Valuation 12 #160 of 181 10 #107 of 119 21 #94 of 119
Growth 1 #110 of 111 17 #95 of 114 27 #84 of 114
Profitability – 73 #30 of 110 43 #63 of 110
Financial Health 9 #150 of 164 20 #88 of 110 33 #74 of 110
Shareholder Returns – 59 #44 of 106 48 #56 of 106
Overall 7 36 34
  • BLNC ranked among 209 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • MRSH 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

PeriodBLNCMRSHSLFSPY
1 month 0.0%+11.4%+0.2% -0.2%
3 months 0.0%-0.8%-4.8% +3.9%
6 months 0.0%+11.6%+12.4% +8.2%
Year to date 0.0%+2.8%+28.3% +12.9%
1 year -29.5%+1.6%+28.5% +12.3%
3 years +573.9%+3.1%+78.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year +89.0%+1.0%+21.4% +23.3%
5 years +55.0%+13.9%+39.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year +9.2%+2.6%+6.9% +10.9%
10 years -22.5%+201.8%+138.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year -2.5%+11.7%+9.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBLNCMRSHSLFSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.4%26.0%18.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y —24.9%20.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.17-0.390.37 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.540.061.54 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.0%-35.6%-33.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -29.5%-4.3%-4.8% -1.2%
52-week high $2.20$199.34$84.07 $779.14
52-week low $1.11$157.32$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.

MultipleBLNCMRSHSLF
P/E now vs peer median -2.3xmedian 34.2x 22.5xmedian 10.5x 18.8xmedian 10.5x
P/S now vs peer median -7,138xmedian 4.9x 3.2xmedian 1.4x —median 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.7x 15.6xmedian 7.6x —median 7.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -164.7xmedian 13.2x 21.8xmedian 8.5x 13.5xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median -26.2xmedian 1.8x 6.1xmedian 1.5x 2.4xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 0.91 3.35median 0.53 7.18median 0.53

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 monthsBLNCMRSHSLF
Revenue -$10.17K $28.46B –
Operating income -$13.94M $6.09B –
Net income -$31.67M $4.12B $2.57B
Free cash flow -$440.96K $4.15B $3.28B
EPS (diluted) $-0.68 $8.44 $4.23
Cash & equivalents $117.47K $1.84B –
Total debt $1.91M $20.53B $6.42B
Shares (diluted) 46.85M 479.00M 566.00M
Enterprise value $71.82M $82.96B $2.43B

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
MetricBLNCMRSHSLF
P/E -2.3x 22.5x 18.8x
P/FCF -164.7x 21.8x 13.5x
P/Operating cash flow -164.7x 20.2x 13.1x
P/S -7,138x 3.2x –
P/B -26.2x 6.1x 2.4x
P/Tangible book -26.2x 8.7x 2.9x
EV/EBITDA – 15.6x –
EV/EBIT -5.2x 17.9x 9.9x
EV/Revenue -7,128x 3.8x –
EV/FCF -164.5x 26.3x 12.2x
EV/Operating cash flow -164.5x 24.4x 11.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 3.35 7.18

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLNCMRSHSLF
Revenue growth (1Y) – 7.6% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -140.7% 8.6% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -4,457% -1.0% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -533.9% 7.8% –
Net income growth (1Y) -6,739% -1.9% 4.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -292.7% 5.5% 6.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -3,064% 1.0% 4.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -203.7% 6.7% 2.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -202.7% -12.1% 8.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -113.4% 4.0% 13.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -202.7% -13.9% 8.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -113.4% 5.1% 9.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLNCMRSHSLF
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – 24.6% –
Operating margin – 21.4% –
Pretax margin – 18.9% –
Net margin – 14.2% –
FCF margin – 14.6% –
Operating cash flow margin 4,334% 15.7% –
Return on equity – 27.2% 13.9%
Return on assets -16,393% 6.9% 0.9%
Return on invested capital – 13.1% 12.7%
Return on capital employed – 16.2% –
Asset turnover -0.1x 0.5x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x 1.1x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue -131,374% 1.5% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLNCMRSHSLF
Debt / assets 19.7% 34.3% 2.1%
Debt / equity 0.0x 1.4x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.7x –
Debt / FCF -0.1x 4.9x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 2,288% 75.1% 93.7%
Equity / assets -2,188% 24.9% 6.3%
Interest coverage -119.8x 6.3x 5.6x
Current ratio 0.0x 1.1x –
Quick ratio 0.0x 0.5x –
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x –
Altman Z-score -790.54 2.74 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLNCMRSHSLF
Dividend yield – 2.0% 4.7%
Net buyback yield – 3.2% -0.1%
Shareholder yield – 5.2% 4.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 43.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 43.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 8.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 13.1% –

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.

ConsensusBLNCMRSHSLF
Forward P/E – 18.7xFY2026 13.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $10.21FY2026 $6.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +4.7%FY2026 +11.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +15.4% -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $30.28BFY2026 $6.17BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +12.2%FY2026 -4.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +6.4% +29.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLNCMRSHSLF
Held by institutions – 93.9% 44.7%
Institutions holding – 1,497 490
Change in shares held, QoQ – +2.8% +1.3%
Institutions buying – 625 256
Institutions selling – 652 130
Buyers to sellers – 0.96 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.

BLNCMRSHSLF
BLNC 1.00 0.03 -0.02
MRSH 0.03 1.00 0.17
SLF -0.02 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLNC, MRSH and SLF?

Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Balance Labs (BLNC) $72.62M, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) $90.57B, Sun Life Financial (SLF) $44.33B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLNC, MRSH and SLF?

Sun Life Financial (SLF) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Balance Labs (BLNC) -2.3x, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) 22.5x, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 18.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sun Life Financial (SLF) is cheapest (Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) 18.7x, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 13.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sun Life Financial (SLF) returned the most: Balance Labs (BLNC) -29.5%, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) +1.6%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) +28.5%. Over five years, Balance Labs (BLNC) compounded fastest (Balance Labs (BLNC) +9.2%/yr, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) +2.6%/yr, Sun Life Financial (SLF) +6.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Sun Life Financial (SLF) has the highest dividend yield: Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) 1.98%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 4.70%. Balance Labs (BLNC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sun Life Financial (SLF) has been the steadiest (Balance Labs (BLNC) 54.4%, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) 26.0%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 18.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BLNC, MRSH 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, Sun Life Financial (SLF) leads on 5. 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.