BLNC vs SLF vs BMO Stock Comparison

Balance Labs, Sun Life Financial and Bank Of Montreal Prices as of Oct 23, 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
$79.49 -0.5% 1M +29.5% 1Y
Market cap
$45.09B
P/E
18.8x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Life Insurance Financial Services
2 wins
BMO Bank Of Montreal /Can/
$170.50 -1.1% 1M +34.7% 1Y
Market cap
$124.25B
P/E
18.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$44.39B
Div. yield
0.03%
Money Center Banks Financial Services
5 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Bank Of Montreal leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Bank Of Montreal 5, Sun Life Financial 2, Balance Labs 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLNCSLFBMOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $72.62M $45.09B $124.25B BMO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -2.3x 18.8x 18.8x BMO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.1x 16.9x SLF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — — -4.6% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 14.9% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 12.7% 36.3% BMO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -4.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.03% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -29.5% +29.5% +34.7% BMO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.2%/yr +6.7%/yr +9.0%/yr BLNC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.3% 18.6% 20.5% SLF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 7/100 33/100 61/100 BMO

Percentile Scorecard

BLNCSLFBMO

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

AxisBLNCSLFBMO
Valuation 11 #164 of 184 22 #93 of 119 41 #214 of 362
Growth 1 #112 of 113 24 #88 of 115 69 #69 of 221
Profitability – 43 #65 of 113 83 #34 of 200
Financial Health 9 #152 of 167 33 #77 of 114 54 #95 of 203
Shareholder Returns – 45 #59 of 107 60 #137 of 342
Overall 7 33 61
  • BLNC ranked among 212 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • SLF ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • BMO ranked among 370 companies in Banking

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBLNCSLFBMOSPY
1 month 0.0%-0.5%-1.1% -0.8%
3 months 0.0%-4.2%-4.4% +3.5%
6 months 0.0%+12.4%+11.9% +7.0%
Year to date 0.0%+27.4%+31.4% +12.2%
1 year -29.5%+29.5%+34.7% +13.0%
3 years +573.9%+77.7%+129.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +89.0%+21.1%+32.0% +23.1%
5 years +55.0%+38.4%+53.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +9.2%+6.7%+9.0% +11.0%
10 years -22.5%+137.6%+163.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year -2.5%+9.0%+10.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBLNCSLFBMOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.3%18.6%20.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y —20.0%22.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.170.370.96 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.541.591.69 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.0%-33.0%-39.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -29.5%-5.4%-8.2% -1.8%
52-week high $2.20$84.07$185.81 $779.14
52-week low $1.11$57.60$119.92 $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.

MultipleBLNCSLFBMO
P/E now vs peer median -2.3xmedian 33.6x 18.7xmedian 10.6x 18.6xmedian 12.1x
P/S now vs peer median -7,138xmedian 4.9x —median 1.4x 2.7xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.5x —median 7.6x -1.7xmedian 5.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -164.7xmedian 13.2x 13.4xmedian 8.6x 3.4xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median -26.2xmedian 1.8x 2.3xmedian 1.5x 2.0xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 0.91 7.13median 0.52 4.61median 1.36

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 monthsBLNCSLFBMO
Revenue -$10.17K – $44.39B
Operating income -$13.94M – –
Net income -$31.67M $2.57B $6.62B
Free cash flow -$440.96K $3.28B $35.64B
EPS (diluted) $-0.68 $4.23 $9.14
Cash & equivalents $117.47K – $52.88B
Total debt $1.91M $6.42B $13.94B
Shares (diluted) 46.85M 566.00M 723.27M
Enterprise value $71.82M $3.04B -$654.14B

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
MetricBLNCSLFBMO
P/E -2.3x 18.7x 18.6x
P/FCF -164.7x 13.4x 3.4x
P/Operating cash flow -164.7x 13.0x 3.3x
P/S -7,138x – 2.7x
P/B -26.2x 2.3x 2.0x
P/Tangible book -26.2x 2.9x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA – – -1.7x
EV/EBIT -5.2x 9.8x -1.7x
EV/Revenue -7,128x – -1.4x
EV/FCF -164.5x 12.1x -1.8x
EV/Operating cash flow -164.5x 11.7x -1.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 7.13 4.61

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLNCSLFBMO
Revenue growth (1Y) – – -4.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -140.7% – 6.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -4,457% – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -533.9% – –
Net income growth (1Y) -6,739% 4.7% 5.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -292.7% 6.5% 7.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -3,064% 4.1% 6.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -203.7% 2.6% 4.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -202.7% 8.5% 2,208%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -113.4% 13.0% 26.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -202.7% 8.6% 9,217%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -113.4% 9.5% 27.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLNCSLFBMO
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – – 86.3%
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin – – 20.1%
Net margin – – 14.9%
FCF margin – – 80.3%
Operating cash flow margin 4,334% – 81.9%
Return on equity – 13.9% 10.6%
Return on assets -16,393% 0.9% 0.6%
Return on invested capital – 12.7% 36.3%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover -0.1x – 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x 1.3x 5.5x
Stock comp / revenue -131,374% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLNCSLFBMO
Debt / assets 19.7% 2.1% 1.3%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.3x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -4.8x
Debt / FCF -0.1x 2.0x 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 2,288% 93.7% 94.4%
Equity / assets -2,188% 6.3% 5.6%
Interest coverage -119.8x 5.6x 1.3x
Current ratio 0.0x – –
Quick ratio 0.0x – –
Cash ratio 0.0x – –
Altman Z-score -790.54 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLNCSLFBMO
Dividend yield – 4.7% 3.9%
Net buyback yield – -0.1% -0.9%
Shareholder yield – 4.6% 3.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 56.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 10.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 4.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 23.0%

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.

ConsensusBLNCSLFBMO
Forward P/E – 13.1xFY2026 16.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $6.06FY2026 $10.11FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +11.6%FY2026 +16.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -3.1% +24.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $6.17BFY2026 $28.65BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – -4.1%FY2026 +10.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +29.2% +5.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLNCSLFBMO
Held by institutions – 44.7% 46.5%
Institutions holding – 490 656
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.3% +2.3%
Institutions buying – 256 304
Institutions selling – 130 211
Buyers to sellers – 1.97 1.44

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.

BLNCSLFBMO
BLNC 1.00 -0.02 -0.07
SLF -0.02 1.00 0.43
BMO -0.07 0.43 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLNC, SLF and BMO?

Bank Of Montreal (BMO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Balance Labs (BLNC) $72.62M, Sun Life Financial (SLF) $45.09B, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) $124.25B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLNC, SLF and BMO?

Bank Of Montreal (BMO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Balance Labs (BLNC) -2.3x, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 18.8x, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) 18.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sun Life Financial (SLF) is cheapest (Sun Life Financial (SLF) 13.1x, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) 16.9x). 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 Bank Of Montreal (BMO) returned the most: Balance Labs (BLNC) -29.5%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) +29.5%, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) +34.7%. Over five years, Balance Labs (BLNC) compounded fastest (Balance Labs (BLNC) +9.2%/yr, Sun Life Financial (SLF) +6.7%/yr, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) +9.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Sun Life Financial (SLF) 0.00%, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) 0.03%. Balance Labs (BLNC) and 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 (Balance Labs (BLNC) 54.3%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 18.6%, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) 20.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BLNC, SLF and BMO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) 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.