EQH vs SLF vs SNFCA Stock Comparison

Equitable Holdings, Sun Life Financial and Security National Financial Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EQH Equitable Holdings, Inc.
$53.59 -0.5% 1M +9.6% 1Y
Market cap
$15.20B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$10.62B
Div. yield
0.02%
Life Insurance Financial Services
2 wins
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
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Sun Life Financial leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Sun Life Financial 4, Security National Financial 4, Equitable Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEQHSLFSNFCALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $15.20B $45.09B $238.79M SLF
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -15.5x 18.8x 6.4x SNFCA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.8x 13.1x — EQH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -22.1% — -1.1% SNFCA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -9.3% — 11.1% SNFCA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -6.4% 12.7% -6.6% SLF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +9.6% +29.5% +9.9% SLF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.9%/yr +6.7%/yr +5.1%/yr EQH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.6% 18.6% 30.0% SLF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 21/100 33/100 39/100 SNFCA

Percentile Scorecard

EQHSLFSNFCA

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

AxisEQHSLFSNFCA
Valuation 12 #105 of 119 22 #93 of 119 88 #15 of 119
Growth 4 #111 of 115 24 #88 of 115 23 #89 of 115
Profitability 9 #103 of 113 43 #65 of 113 28 #82 of 113
Financial Health 6 #107 of 114 33 #77 of 114 43 #65 of 114
Shareholder Returns 75 #28 of 107 45 #59 of 107 11 #95 of 107
Overall 21 33 39
  • EQH ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • SLF ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • SNFCA ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEQHSLFSNFCASPY
1 month -0.5%-0.5%+4.6% -0.8%
3 months +10.3%-4.2%-4.7% +3.5%
6 months +29.0%+12.4%-5.6% +7.0%
Year to date +12.5%+27.4%+1.4% +12.2%
1 year +9.6%+29.5%+9.9% +13.0%
3 years +104.9%+77.7%+43.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +27.0%+21.1%+12.7% +23.1%
5 years +59.9%+38.4%+28.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year +9.9%+6.7%+5.1% +11.0%
10 years —+137.6%+103.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+9.0%+7.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureEQHSLFSNFCASPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.6%18.6%30.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.9%20.0%30.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.170.370.42 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.291.590.33 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -37.1%-33.0%-39.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.6%-5.4%-8.7% -1.8%
52-week high $55.03$84.07$10.01 $779.14
52-week low $35.34$57.60$7.76 $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.

MultipleEQHSLFSNFCA
P/E now vs peer median -15.2xmedian 10.6x 18.7xmedian 10.6x 6.4xmedian 10.6x
P/S now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.4x —median 1.4x 0.6xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.6x —median 7.6x —median 7.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.1xmedian 8.6x 13.4xmedian 8.6x 26.3xmedian 8.6x
P/B now vs peer median 17.1xmedian 1.5x 2.3xmedian 1.5x 0.1xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.37median 0.52 7.13median 0.52 0.69median 0.52

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 monthsEQHSLFSNFCA
Revenue $10.62B – $335.96M
Gross profit $8.95B – $188.72M
Operating income -$384.00M – -$99.03M
Net income -$816.00M $2.57B $37.29M
Free cash flow $1.32B $3.28B $8.19M
EPS (diluted) $-3.53 $4.23 $1.39
Cash & equivalents $17.18B – $163.44M
Total debt $3.84B $6.42B $564.03M
Shares (diluted) 278.30M 566.00M 26.89M
Enterprise value -$44.51B $3.04B -$1.80B

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
MetricEQHSLFSNFCA
P/E -15.2x 18.7x 6.4x
P/FCF 11.1x 13.4x 26.3x
P/Operating cash flow 10.8x 13.0x 2.7x
P/S 1.4x – 0.6x
P/B 17.1x 2.3x 0.1x
P/Tangible book 17.1x 2.9x 0.1x
EV/EBITDA – – –
EV/EBIT 1.2x 9.8x 1.9x
EV/Revenue 0.0x – -0.5x
EV/FCF -0.3x 12.1x -22.4x
EV/Operating cash flow -0.3x 11.7x -2.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.37 7.13 0.69

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEQHSLFSNFCA
Revenue growth (1Y) -22.1% – -1.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.7% – -1.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -16.6% – -1.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 9.6% – -18.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -131.7% – 11.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -29.1% – -74.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -220.5% 4.7% 27.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -34.6% 6.5% 12.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -366.1% 4.1% 27.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -41.6% 2.6% 9.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -14.2% 8.5% 57.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 176.8% 13.0% 32.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -12.6% 8.6% 155.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 124.9% 9.5% -26.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEQHSLFSNFCA
Gross margin 84.3% – 56.2%
EBITDA margin – – –
Operating margin -3.6% – -29.5%
Pretax margin -5.7% – 14.4%
Net margin -9.3% – 11.1%
FCF margin 12.4% – 2.4%
Operating cash flow margin 12.8% – 24.0%
Return on equity -38.7% 13.9% 3.7%
Return on assets -0.2% 0.9% 2.3%
Return on invested capital -6.4% 12.7% -6.6%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.0x – 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.7x 1.3x 2.2x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEQHSLFSNFCA
Debt / assets 1.1% 2.1% 9.0%
Debt / equity 4.5x 0.3x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF 2.9x 2.0x 17.6x
Liabilities / assets 99.7% 93.7% –
Equity / assets 0.3% 6.3% 100.0%
Interest coverage -1.7x 5.6x -23.5x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEQHSLFSNFCA
Dividend yield 2.1% 4.7% –
Net buyback yield 11.2% -0.1% 0.8%
Shareholder yield 13.3% 4.6% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) -38.8% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 24.0% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.3% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 2.0% – –

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.

ConsensusEQHSLFSNFCA
Forward P/E 7.8xFY2026 13.1xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $6.87FY2026 $6.06FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +21.8%FY2026 +11.6%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +23.6% -3.1% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $16.47BFY2026 $6.17BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +9.4%FY2026 -4.1%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +8.7% +29.2% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEQHSLFSNFCA
Held by institutions 95.4% 44.7% 35.8%
Institutions holding 482 490 77
Change in shares held, QoQ +14.2% +1.3% -1.3%
Institutions buying 214 256 37
Institutions selling 205 130 22
Buyers to sellers 1.04 1.97 1.68

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.

EQHSLFSNFCA
EQH 1.00 0.41 0.26
SLF 0.41 1.00 0.25
SNFCA 0.26 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EQH, SLF and SNFCA?

Sun Life Financial (SLF) is the largest by market capitalisation: Equitable Holdings (EQH) $15.20B, Sun Life Financial (SLF) $45.09B, Security National Financial (SNFCA) $238.79M.

Which stock is cheaper, EQH, SLF and SNFCA?

Security National Financial (SNFCA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Equitable Holdings (EQH) -15.5x, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 18.8x, Security National Financial (SNFCA) 6.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Equitable Holdings (EQH) is cheapest (Equitable Holdings (EQH) 7.8x, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 13.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Security National Financial (SNFCA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Equitable Holdings (EQH) -22.1%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) -1.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Security National Financial (SNFCA) has the highest net margin (Equitable Holdings (EQH) -9.3%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) 11.1%). On return on invested capital, Sun Life Financial (SLF) leads (Equitable Holdings (EQH) -6.4%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 12.7%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) -6.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sun Life Financial (SLF) returned the most: Equitable Holdings (EQH) +9.6%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) +29.5%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) +9.9%. Over five years, Equitable Holdings (EQH) compounded fastest (Equitable Holdings (EQH) +9.9%/yr, Sun Life Financial (SLF) +6.7%/yr, Security National Financial (SNFCA) +5.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Equitable Holdings (EQH) 0.02%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 0.00%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) 0.00%. Sun Life Financial (SLF) and Security National Financial (SNFCA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sun Life Financial (SLF) has been the steadiest (Equitable Holdings (EQH) 33.6%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 18.6%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) 30.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EQH, SLF and SNFCA?

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 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.