National Bank Financial Forecasts TSE:SLF Q1 Earnings

Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSE:SLF) (NYSE:SLF) – Investment analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Sun Life Financial in a report released on Wednesday, February 12th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine expects that the financial services provider will earn $1.73 per share for the quarter. National Bank Financial currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Sun Life Financial’s current full-year earnings is $6.92 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Sun Life Financial’s FY2025 earnings at $7.29 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently commented on SLF. CIBC decreased their target price on Sun Life Financial from C$97.00 to C$95.00 in a research report on Friday, February 14th. TD Securities increased their target price on Sun Life Financial from C$81.00 to C$87.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their target price on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$90.00 to C$94.00 in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Barclays upped their price target on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$82.00 to C$87.00 in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Scotiabank dropped their price objective on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$98.00 to C$94.00 in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Sun Life Financial has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$87.10.

Sun Life Financial Stock Up 0.8 %

Shares of SLF stock opened at C$78.81 on Monday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is C$84.15 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$79.72. Sun Life Financial has a 52 week low of C$64.38 and a 52 week high of C$88.54. The stock has a market cap of C$45.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.89, a PEG ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a quick ratio of 84,866.00, a current ratio of 92.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.00.

Sun Life Financial Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.84 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 26th. This represents a $3.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.26%. Sun Life Financial’s dividend payout ratio is presently 48.87%.

About Sun Life Financial

Sun Life Financial is one of Canada’s Big Three life insurance companies along with Great-West Lifeco and Manulife. Sun Life provides insurance, retirement, and wealth-management services to individual and corporate customers in Canada, the United States, and Asia. It also owns MFS Investment Management, a Boston-based asset-management firm.