Sun Historical Cash Flow
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Analysis of Sun Life cash flow over time is an excellent tool to project Sun Life Financial future capital expenditures as well as to predict the amount of cash needed to cover cost of sales, R&D expenses or production expansions. Investors should almost always look for trends in cash flow indicators such as Total Cash From Operating Activities of 3 B or Net Income of 2.3 B as it is a great indicator of Sun Life ability to facilitate future growth, repay debt on time or pay out dividends.
Financial Statement Analysis is much more than just reviewing and examining Sun Life Financial latest accounting reports to predict its past. Macroaxis encourages investors to analyze financial statements over time for various trends across multiple indicators and accounts to determine whether Sun Life Financial is a good buy for the upcoming year.
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About Sun Cash Flow Analysis
The Cash Flow Statement is a financial statement that shows how changes in Sun balance sheet and income statement accounts affect cash and cash equivalents. It breaks the analysis down to operating, investing, and financing activities. One of the most critical aspects of the cash flow statement is liquidity, which is the degree to which Sun's non-liquid assets can be easily converted into cash.
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Begin Period Cash Flow
The amount of cash a company has at the beginning of a financial reporting period. It serves as the starting point for calculating the period's cash flow from operations, investing, and financing activities.Dividends Paid
The total amount of dividends that a company has paid out to its shareholders over a specific period.Stock Based Compensation
Compensation provided to employees in the form of equity or options to purchase company stock. This type of compensation is used to align the interests of employees and shareholders.Most accounts from Sun Life's cash flow statement are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing cash flow statement accounts one by one will only give a small insight into Sun Life Financial current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of cash flow statement accounts, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Sun Life Financial. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors. At this time, Sun Life's Net Borrowings is very stable compared to the past year. As of the 29th of March 2025, Change To Netincome is likely to grow to about 15.5 B, though Change In Cash is likely to grow to (1.2 B).
Sun Life cash flow statement Correlations
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Sun Life cash flow statement Accounts
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 (projected) | ||
| Change In Cash | 4.0B | (3.0B) | 1.7B | 1.8B | (1.2B) | (1.2B) | |
| Free Cash Flow | 7.1B | (1.9B) | 8.0B | 5.4B | 2.4B | 3.0B | |
| Begin Period Cash Flow | 6.7B | 10.6B | 7.7B | 9.4B | 11.2B | 11.7B | |
| Other Cashflows From Financing Activities | (192M) | (208M) | (262M) | (408M) | (367.2M) | (348.8M) | |
| Depreciation | 406M | 438M | 528M | 598M | 687.7M | 722.1M | |
| Other Non Cash Items | (11.6B) | (9.9B) | 12.0B | (6.8B) | (3.6B) | (3.4B) | |
| Capital Expenditures | 158M | 81M | 3.7B | 172M | 143M | 262.9M | |
| Total Cash From Operating Activities | 7.3B | (1.9B) | 4.3B | 5.6B | 2.5B | 3.0B | |
| Net Income | 3.3B | 5.1B | 3.9B | 3.9B | 3.2B | 2.3B | |
| Total Cash From Financing Activities | (2.3B) | (260M) | (71M) | (3.1B) | (3.9B) | (3.7B) | |
| End Period Cash Flow | 10.6B | 7.7B | 9.4B | 11.2B | 10.0B | 6.8B | |
| Sale Purchase Of Stock | (200M) | (1.0B) | (6M) | (186M) | (855M) | (812.3M) | |
| Dividends Paid | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.7B | 1.9B | 2.0B | 1.0B | |
| Change In Working Capital | 15.1B | 2.5B | (12.2B) | 7.1B | 2.4B | 3.4B | |
| Stock Based Compensation | 927M | 1.3B | 395M | 800M | 920M | 518.5M | |
| Investments | (886M) | (29M) | (2.9B) | (444M) | (337M) | (353.9M) | |
| Net Borrowings | (223M) | (560M) | 1.3B | 1.9B | 2.1B | 2.2B | |
| Total Cashflows From Investing Activities | (430M) | (886M) | (803M) | (2.9B) | (2.6B) | (2.4B) | |
| Change To Operating Activities | 11.4B | 15.1B | 2.5B | (12.2B) | (10.9B) | (10.4B) | |
| Other Cashflows From Investing Activities | (168M) | (258M) | (281M) | (2.9B) | (2.6B) | (2.4B) | |
| Change To Netincome | (12.0B) | (10.8B) | (8.8B) | 12.8B | 14.7B | 15.5B |
Pair Trading with Sun Life
One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Sun Life position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Sun Life will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.Moving together with Sun Stock
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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Sun Life could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Sun Life when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Sun Life - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Sun Life Financial to buy it.
The correlation of Sun Life is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Sun Life moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Sun Life Financial moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Sun Life can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Sun Life Financial. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors. You can also try the Sync Your Broker module to sync your existing holdings, watchlists, positions or portfolios from thousands of online brokerage services, banks, investment account aggregators and robo-advisors..