Sun Life Financial (SLF) Dividend Yield (2009 - 2023)
Sun Life Financial (SLF) posted Dividend Yield of 4.21% for Q4 2025, up 3.96 percentage points from 0.25% a year earlier and up 3.89 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Sun Life Financial (SLF) Dividend Yield (2009 - 2023) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Sun Life Financial's Dividend Yield came in at 4.20%, up 0.12 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Dividend Yield shows a five-year change of +0.30 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Sun Life Financial's Dividend Yield was 4.09% in FY2024 (-0.46 pp), 4.55% in FY2023 (+0.02 pp), 4.53% in FY2022 (+1.05 pp) and 3.47% in FY2021 (-0.43 pp).
- The Q4 2025 figure stands as the highest quarterly Dividend Yield since Q2 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Dividend Yield increased in three of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.89 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Dividend Yield in the past five years was Q4 2025, with a gain of 3.96 percentage points; the weakest was Q2 2025, with a drop of 4.69 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Dividend Yield for the three prior quarters was 0.33% (Q3 2025), 0.22% (Q2 2025) and 0.26% (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chubb | 138.09 Bn | 84.67 Bn | 9.13 Bn |
| 2 | Progressive | 127.57 Bn | 103.40 Bn | 9.04 Bn |
| 3 | Marsh & Mclennan Companies | 89.82 Bn | 81.98 Bn | - |
| 4 | Travelers Companies | 80.92 Bn | 57.17 Bn | 6.23 Bn |
| 5 | Manulife Financial | 75.09 Bn | -19.79 Bn | - |
| 6 | Arthur J. Gallagher | 64.98 Bn | 59.38 Bn | - |
| 7 | Metlife | 64.10 Bn | -42.68 Bn | 7.82 Bn |
| 8 | Allstate | 63.22 Bn | 24.49 Bn | 8.73 Bn |
| 9 | Aon | 61.77 Bn | 54.99 Bn | - |
| 10 | Sun Life Financial | 44.33 Bn | 2.29 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.51% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.99% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.80% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.28% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.34% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.15% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.82% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.29% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.45% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.35% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 3.39% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 3.57% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 4.11% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 4.09% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 4.53% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 5.40% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 9.72% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 2.75% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 3.48% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 3.40% |
API Access
Sun Life Financial Dividend Yield API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=SLF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividend-yield", "ticker": "SLF", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=SLF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();