SNFCA vs EQH vs SLF Stock Comparison

Security National Financial, Equitable Holdings and Sun Life Financial Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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EQH Equitable Holdings, Inc.
$52.87 -3.0% 1M +16.9% 1Y
Market cap
$14.20B
P/E
9.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.05B
Div. yield
2.16%
Life Insurance Financial Services
6 wins
SLF Sun Life Financial Inc
$73.37 -5.6% 1M +19.0% 1Y
Market cap
$40.63B
P/E
19.2x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
5.12%
Life Insurance Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Equitable Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Equitable Holdings 6, Sun Life Financial 4, Security National Financial 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSNFCAEQHSLFLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $220.51M $14.20B $40.63B SLF
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 6.5x 9.9x 19.2x SNFCA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 7.6x 12.1x EQH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -1.1% +8.7% — EQH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.1% 11.1% — EQH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -3.0% 61.4% 10.6% EQH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 2.16% 5.12% SLF
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +15.3% +16.9% +19.0% SLF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.4%/yr +8.5%/yr +5.3%/yr EQH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.9% 33.2% 21.8% SLF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 64/100 32/100 EQH

Percentile Scorecard

SNFCAEQHSLF

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

AxisSNFCAEQHSLF
Valuation 86 #17 of 119 77 #28 of 119 24 #91 of 119
Growth 27 #86 of 117 85 #18 of 117 33 #79 of 117
Profitability 26 #87 of 117 57 #51 of 117 22 #91 of 117
Financial Health 44 #67 of 118 30 #83 of 118 28 #85 of 118
Shareholder Returns 10 #97 of 108 71 #32 of 108 51 #54 of 108
Overall 39 64 32
  • SNFCA ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • EQH 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

PeriodSNFCAEQHSLFSPY
1 month +3.4%-3.0%-5.6% -5.9%
3 months -2.9%+1.4%-10.9% -4.6%
6 months -5.6%+23.4%+5.6% +0.2%
Year to date +3.8%+11.0%+17.6% +7.5%
1 year +15.3%+16.9%+19.0% +8.2%
3 years +37.3%+99.0%+53.7% +68.3%
3 years, per year +11.2%+25.8%+15.4% +19.0%
5 years +18.1%+50.2%+29.2% +56.5%
5 years, per year +3.4%+8.5%+5.3% +9.4%
10 years +112.0%—+121.9% +251.5%
10 years, per year +7.8%—+8.3% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureSNFCAEQHSLFSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.9%33.2%21.8% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.3%36.4%26.5% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.401.220.63 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.510.510.87 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.5%-37.1%-33.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.6%-5.8%-12.7% -5.9%
52-week high $10.01$56.11$84.07 $779.14
52-week low $7.76$35.34$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.

MultipleSNFCAEQHSLF
P/E now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 10.9x 9.9xmedian 10.9x 19.2xmedian 10.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 1.4x 1.1xmedian 1.4x —median 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.1x —median 7.1x —median 7.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.9xmedian 8.3x 5.5xmedian 8.3x 14.3xmedian 8.3x
P/B now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 1.5x -7.9xmedian 1.5x 2.1xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.71median 0.62 -5.25median 0.62 -4.03median 0.62

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 monthsSNFCAEQHSLF
Revenue $335.96M $13.05B –
Gross profit $188.72M $11.47B –
Operating income -$45.63M $2.35B –
Net income $37.29M $1.68B $2.42B
Free cash flow $8.19M $2.60B $2.85B
EPS (diluted) $1.39 $5.30 $3.81
Cash & equivalents $163.44M $17.53B –
Total debt $144.53M $3.84B $6.43B
Shares (diluted) 26.89M 273.40M 566.00M
Enterprise value -$1.82B -$48.14B $7.23B

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
MetricSNFCAEQHSLF
P/E 6.5x 9.9x 19.2x
P/FCF 26.9x 5.5x 14.3x
P/Operating cash flow 2.7x 5.4x 13.7x
P/S 0.7x 1.1x –
P/B 0.1x -7.9x 2.1x
P/Tangible book 0.1x -7.9x 2.7x
EV/EBITDA – – –
EV/EBIT 3.9x -0.6x 11.4x
EV/Revenue -0.5x -0.1x –
EV/FCF -21.8x -0.5x 14.3x
EV/Operating cash flow -2.2x -0.5x 13.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.71 -5.25 -4.03

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSNFCAEQHSLF
Revenue growth (1Y) -1.1% 8.7% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.8% 8.7% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -1.0% 23.1% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -18.6% 15.8% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 18.7% 2,039% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -45.6% -5.5% –
Net income growth (1Y) 27.9% 435.8% 4.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.1% -10.5% -1.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 27.5% 302.2% 1.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 9.2% -1.9% -4.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 57.6% 106.6% 84.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 32.0% 120.0% 8.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 155.3% 118.2% 89.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -26.9% 197.3% 4.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSNFCAEQHSLF
Gross margin 56.2% 87.9% –
EBITDA margin – – –
Operating margin -13.6% 18.0% –
Pretax margin 14.4% 16.3% –
Net margin 11.1% 11.1% –
FCF margin 2.4% 19.9% –
Operating cash flow margin 24.0% 20.1% –
Return on equity 3.7% – 12.5%
Return on assets 2.3% 0.6% 0.8%
Return on invested capital -3.0% 61.4% 10.6%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.0x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.2x 1.6x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSNFCAEQHSLF
Debt / assets 9.0% 1.1% 2.2%
Debt / equity 0.1x -2.1x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF 17.6x 1.5x 2.3x
Liabilities / assets – 100.5% 93.6%
Equity / assets 100.0% -0.5% 6.4%
Interest coverage -10.8x 10.7x 8.7x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSNFCAEQHSLF
Dividend yield – 2.2% 5.1%
Net buyback yield 0.8% 7.3% -0.1%
Shareholder yield 0.8% 9.5% 5.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 18.9% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 12.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 1.8% –

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.

ConsensusSNFCAEQHSLF
Forward P/E – 7.6xFY2026 12.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $6.92FY2026 $6.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +22.7%FY2026 +11.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +22.1% -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $15.88BFY2026 $6.17BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +5.5%FY2026 -4.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +9.0% +29.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSNFCAEQHSLF
Held by institutions 41.5% 95.4% 44.7%
Institutions holding 77 482 491
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.3% +14.2% +1.3%
Institutions buying 37 213 256
Institutions selling 22 205 130
Buyers to sellers 1.68 1.04 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.

SNFCAEQHSLF
SNFCA 1.00 0.29 0.23
EQH 0.29 1.00 0.46
SLF 0.23 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SNFCA, EQH and SLF?

Sun Life Financial (SLF) is the largest by market capitalisation: Security National Financial (SNFCA) $220.51M, Equitable Holdings (EQH) $14.20B, Sun Life Financial (SLF) $40.63B.

Which stock is cheaper, SNFCA, EQH and SLF?

Security National Financial (SNFCA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Security National Financial (SNFCA) 6.5x, Equitable Holdings (EQH) 9.9x, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 19.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Equitable Holdings (EQH) is cheapest (Equitable Holdings (EQH) 7.6x, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 12.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Equitable Holdings (EQH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Security National Financial (SNFCA) -1.1%, Equitable Holdings (EQH) +8.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Equitable Holdings (EQH) has the highest net margin (Security National Financial (SNFCA) 11.1%, Equitable Holdings (EQH) 11.1%). On return on invested capital, Equitable Holdings (EQH) leads (Security National Financial (SNFCA) -3.0%, Equitable Holdings (EQH) 61.4%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 10.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sun Life Financial (SLF) returned the most: Security National Financial (SNFCA) +15.3%, Equitable Holdings (EQH) +16.9%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) +19.0%. Over five years, Equitable Holdings (EQH) compounded fastest (Security National Financial (SNFCA) +3.4%/yr, Equitable Holdings (EQH) +8.5%/yr, Sun Life Financial (SLF) +5.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Sun Life Financial (SLF) has the highest dividend yield: Security National Financial (SNFCA) 0.00%, Equitable Holdings (EQH) 2.16%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 5.12%. 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 (Security National Financial (SNFCA) 29.9%, Equitable Holdings (EQH) 33.2%, Sun Life Financial (SLF) 21.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SNFCA, EQH 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, Equitable Holdings (EQH) leads on 6. 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.