Sun Life Financial (SLF) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026)
Sun Life Financial (SLF) posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 13.62% for Q2 2026, down 16.52 percentage points from 30.13% a year earlier but up 0.77 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Sun Life Financial (SLF) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Sun Life Financial's Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 14.65%, up 8.19 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] shows a five-year change of +3.62 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Sun Life Financial's Return on Equity [ROE] was 6.46% in FY2024 (+1.59 pp), 4.88% in FY2023 (-1.84 pp), 6.72% in FY2022 (-12.16 pp) and 18.88% in FY2021 (+7.85 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] has run from a low of 6.96% in Q1 2023 to a high of 30.13% in Q2 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.10 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] in the past five years was Q1 2025, with a gain of 15.94 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2026, with a drop of 16.65 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity [ROE] for the three prior quarters was 12.85% (Q1 2026), 14.57% (Q4 2025) and 28.54% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chubb | 139.70 Bn | 86.28 Bn | 9.13 Bn | 14.32% |
| 2 | Progressive | 129.53 Bn | 105.37 Bn | 9.04 Bn | 35.24% |
| 3 | Marsh & Mclennan Companies | 91.66 Bn | 83.82 Bn | - | 27.18% |
| 4 | Travelers Companies | 83.26 Bn | 59.51 Bn | 6.23 Bn | 25.51% |
| 5 | Manulife Financial | 76.24 Bn | -18.64 Bn | - | 9.17% |
| 6 | Arthur J. Gallagher | 66.87 Bn | 61.27 Bn | - | 6.62% |
| 7 | Allstate | 64.81 Bn | 26.08 Bn | 8.73 Bn | 40.73% |
| 8 | Metlife | 64.71 Bn | -42.07 Bn | 7.82 Bn | 13.22% |
| 9 | Aon | 63.30 Bn | 56.52 Bn | - | 40.61% |
| 10 | Sun Life Financial | 44.89 Bn | 2.85 Bn | - | 13.91% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 13.91% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 13.08% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 14.79% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12.30% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.47% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.49% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 13.09% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 15.63% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.13% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 14.36% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 14.51% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 14.56% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.98% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 13.82% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.58% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 12.71% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 14.53% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 17.22% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 17.94% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 14.57% |
API Access
Sun Life Financial Return on Equity [ROE] 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=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=SLF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=SLF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();