Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for TSE:SLF Q1 Earnings

Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSE:SLF) (NYSE:SLF) – Research analysts at Desjardins issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Sun Life Financial in a note issued to investors on Thursday, February 13th. Desjardins analyst D. Young forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings of $1.75 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Sun Life Financial’s current full-year earnings is $6.92 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Sun Life Financial’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.78 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.83 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $1.89 EPS.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Cormark increased their price objective on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$82.00 to C$85.00 in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. National Bankshares cut their price target on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$95.00 to C$93.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. TD Securities boosted their price objective on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$81.00 to C$87.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Scotiabank cut their target price on Sun Life Financial from C$98.00 to C$94.00 in a research report on Friday, February 14th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on Sun Life Financial from C$90.00 to C$94.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$87.10.

Sun Life Financial Stock Performance

Sun Life Financial stock opened at C$78.81 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of C$84.15 and a 200 day moving average price of C$79.72. The company has a current ratio of 92.19, a quick ratio of 84,866.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.00. Sun Life Financial has a 52 week low of C$64.38 and a 52 week high of C$88.54. The firm 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 Announces Dividend

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