Sun Life Financial SLF
NYSE SLF
$78.23 -1.30 (-1.63%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Sun Life Financial (SLF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Sun Life Financial (SLF) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $1.9 billion for Q1 2026, up 24.01% year-over-year from $1.6 billion in Q1 2025, and down 91.08% quarter-over-quarter from $21.8 billion in Q4 2025.

Sun Life Financial (SLF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Sun Life Financial (SLF) has reported Operating Expenses for 18 consecutive years, with $1.9 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 24.01% year-over-year to $1.9 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $27.0 billion (up 9.55% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $26.6 billion, up 8.37% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses retreated to $1.9 billion in Q1 2026 per SLF's latest filing, from $21.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $22.7 billion in Q4 2023 and bottomed at -$4.4 billion in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $4.8 billion across 5 years, with a median of $1.6 billion in 2025.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses slumped 537.86% — and 2023, when it jumped 612.44%.
  • Sun Life Financial's Operating Expenses stood at -$4.4 billion in 2022, then surged by 612.44% to $22.7 billion in 2023, then decreased by 11.46% to $20.1 billion in 2024, then advanced by 8.49% to $21.8 billion in 2025, then plunged by 91.08% to $1.9 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SLF's Operating Expenses at $1.9 billion in Q1 2026, $21.8 billion in Q4 2025, and $1.6 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Berkshire Hathaway 1,070.84 Bn 743.86 Bn 55.86 Bn 86.07 Bn
2 Sun Life Financial 43.38 Bn 32.15 Bn - 1.71 Bn
3 American International 40.15 Bn 2.33 Bn 3.50 Bn 5.82 Bn
4 Hartford Insurance 37.52 Bn 21.20 Bn 3.18 Bn 6.03 Bn
5 Arch Capital 34.10 Bn 32.99 Bn 2.47 Bn 3.49 Bn
6 Aegon 28.26 Bn 28.26 Bn - -
7 Pelagos Insurance Capital 2.02 Bn 1.57 Bn 357.40 Mn 597.10 Mn
8 Exzeo 1.42 Bn 1.29 Bn 36.84 Mn 8.38 Mn
9 International General Insurance Holdings 1.14 Bn 901.84 Mn -5.60 Mn 23.10 Mn
10 Waterdrop 359.74 Mn 230.42 Mn 109.06 Mn -168.50 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 1.95 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 21.83 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.59 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.61 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.57 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 20.12 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.32 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.61 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.62 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 22.72 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.49 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.51 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -4.43 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 6.10 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 769.44 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -615.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 9.30 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 5.76 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 9.31 Bn