National Bank Financial Estimates TSE:SLF Q1 Earnings

Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSE:SLF) (NYSE:SLF) – Research analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Sun Life Financial in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 12th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine expects that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $1.73 for the quarter. National Bank Financial 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 equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on SLF. CIBC decreased their price objective on Sun Life Financial from C$97.00 to C$95.00 in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Barclays boosted their price target on Sun Life Financial from C$82.00 to C$87.00 in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Scotiabank reduced their price objective on Sun Life Financial from C$98.00 to C$94.00 in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$90.00 to C$94.00 in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised their price target on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$78.00 to C$82.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$87.10.

Sun Life Financial Stock Performance

SLF stock opened at C$78.81 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.00, a current ratio of 92.19 and a quick ratio of 84,866.00. Sun Life Financial has a 1-year low of C$64.38 and a 1-year high of C$88.54. The business has a 50-day moving average price of C$84.15 and a 200 day moving average price of C$79.72. The company has a market capitalization of C$45.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.89, a PEG ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.94.

Sun Life Financial Dividend Announcement

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

Sun Life Financial Company Profile

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.