SLF vs Peers Stock Comparison

Sun Life Financial Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SLF Sun Life Financial Inc
$79.49 -0.5% 1M +29.5% 1Y
Market cap
$44.02B
P/E
18.7x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
4.73%
Life Insurance Financial Services

Percentile Scorecard

SLF

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

AxisSLF
Valuation 13 #36 of 41
Growth 31 #28 of 40
Profitability 51 #20 of 40
Financial Health 29 #30 of 42
Shareholder Returns 41 #24 of 40
Overall 33
  • SLF ranked among 46 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSLFSPY
1 month -0.5% -0.8%
3 months -4.2% +3.5%
6 months +12.4% +7.0%
Year to date +27.4% +12.2%
1 year +29.5% +13.0%
3 years +77.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +21.1% +23.1%
5 years +38.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year +6.7% +11.0%
10 years +137.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +9.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureSLFSPY
Volatility, 1Y 18.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 20.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.37 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.59 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.4% -1.8%
52-week high $84.07 $779.14
52-week low $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.

MultipleSLF
P/E now vs peer median 18.7xmedian 10.0x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 4.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.4xmedian 8.9x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 7.13median 0.71

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 monthsSLF
Net income $2.57B
Free cash flow $3.28B
EPS (diluted) $4.23
Total debt $6.42B
Shares (diluted) 566.00M
Enterprise value $2.12B

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
MetricSLF
P/E 18.7x
P/FCF 13.4x
P/Operating cash flow 13.0x
P/S –
P/B 2.3x
P/Tangible book 2.9x
EV/EBITDA –
EV/EBIT 9.8x
EV/Revenue –
EV/FCF 12.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 7.13

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSLF
Revenue growth (1Y) –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) –
Gross profit growth (1Y) –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) –
Operating income growth (1Y) –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) –
Net income growth (1Y) 4.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 6.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 4.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 2.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 8.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 8.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSLF
Gross margin –
EBITDA margin –
Operating margin –
Pretax margin –
Net margin –
FCF margin –
Operating cash flow margin –
Return on equity 13.9%
Return on assets 0.9%
Return on invested capital 12.7%
Return on capital employed –
Asset turnover –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSLF
Debt / assets 2.1%
Debt / equity 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA –
Debt / FCF 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 93.7%
Equity / assets 6.3%
Interest coverage 5.6x
Current ratio –
Quick ratio –
Cash ratio –
Altman Z-score –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSLF
Dividend yield 4.7%
Net buyback yield -0.1%
Shareholder yield 4.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

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.

ConsensusSLF
Forward P/E 13.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.05FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.15BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -4.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +29.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSLF
Held by institutions 44.7%
Institutions holding 490
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.3%
Institutions buying 256
Institutions selling 130
Buyers to sellers 1.97

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Sun Life Financial (SLF) 4.73%.

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.