Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for TSE:SLF Q4 Earnings

Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSE:SLF) (NYSE:SLF) – Stock analysts at Desjardins upped their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Sun Life Financial in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, October 21st. Desjardins analyst D. Young now anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $1.89 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.87. Desjardins currently has a “Buy” rating and a $94.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Sun Life Financial’s current full-year earnings is $6.92 per share.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Argus upgraded Sun Life Financial to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 4th. Scotiabank cut their price target on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$88.00 to C$83.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, August 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$88.00 to C$84.00 in a research note on Monday, August 11th. UBS Group upgraded Sun Life Financial to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 16th. Finally, TD Securities upgraded Sun Life Financial from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from C$89.00 to C$101.00 in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have assigned a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Sun Life Financial has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$89.33.

Sun Life Financial Price Performance

Shares of Sun Life Financial stock opened at C$86.04 on Thursday. 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. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of C$82.65 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$84.01. Sun Life Financial has a fifty-two week low of C$74.56 and a fifty-two week high of C$91.11. The company has a market cap of C$48.22 billion, a PE ratio of 15.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.84.

Sun Life Financial Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Investors of record on Monday, September 29th were given a $0.88 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, August 27th. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.1%. Sun Life Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 59.75%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Sun Life Financial

In other news, insider Thomas Murphy acquired 3,389 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 13th. The stock was bought at an average price of C$79.37 per share, with a total value of C$268,973.75. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 3,389 shares in the company, valued at approximately C$268,973.75. The trade was a ∞ increase in their position. In the last three months, insiders bought 4,262 shares of company stock valued at $338,105. 0.03% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.