Sun Life Financial Stock Today
| SLF Stock | CAD 81.14 0.06 0.07% |
PerformanceVery Weak
| Odds Of DistressLow
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Sun Life is selling at 81.14 as of the 21st of March 2025; that is 0.07% down since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's open price was 81.2. Sun Life has only a 6 % chance of going through financial distress over the next few years, but has generated negative returns over the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 21st of December 2024 and ending today, the 21st of March 2025. Click here to learn more.
Business Domain Insurance | Category Financial Services | Classification Financials |
Sun Life Financial Inc., a financial services company, provides insurance, wealth, and asset management solutions to individuals and corporate clients in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and internationally. The company was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The company has 570.79 M outstanding shares of which 11.62 M shares are at this time shorted by private and institutional investors with about 3.25 days to cover all short positions. More on Sun Life Financial
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| CEO | Dean Connor | ||||
| Business Concentration | Multi-line Insurance, Insurance - Diversified, Financial Services, Financials, Insurance, Insurance—Diversified, Financial Services (View all Sectors) | ||||
Sun Life's financial strength is of vital concern to both outside investors and internal stakeholders. Efficiency and cost control are keys to Sun Life's success, along with its ability to generate sufficient cash flow to pay bills, repay debt, and make a consistent year-to-year profit. | |||||
Debt LevelsSun Life can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Sun Life's financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Sun Life's total assets is financed by creditors.
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Sun Life Financial (SLF) is traded on Toronto Exchange in Canada and employs 31,768 people. Sun Life is listed under Multi-line Insurance category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Large-Cap' category with a current market capitalization of 46.31 B. Market capitalization usually refers to the total value of a company's stock within the entire market. To calculate Sun Life's market, we take the total number of its shares issued and multiply it by Sun Life's current market price. To manage market risk and economic uncertainty, many investors today build portfolios that are diversified across equities with different market capitalizations. However, as a general rule, conservative investors tend to hold large-cap stocks, and those looking for more risk prefer small-cap and mid-cap equities. Sun Life Financial operates under Insurance sector and is part of Financials industry. The entity has 570.79 M outstanding shares of which 11.62 M shares are at this time shorted by private and institutional investors with about 3.25 days to cover all short positions.
Sun Life Financial has accumulated about 6.31 B in cash with 2.53 B of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 165.13.
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Ownership AllocationSun Life Financial shows a total of 570.79 Million outstanding shares. Over half of Sun Life's outstanding shares are owned by institutional holders. These institutional holders are typically referred to as corporate investors that take positions in a given instrument to benefit from reduced trade commissions. Consequently, these institutions are subject to different rules and regulations than regular investors in Sun Life Financial. Please watch out for any change in the institutional holdings of Sun Life as this could mean something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Please note that no matter how many assets the company owns, if the real value of the company is less than the current market value, you may not be able to make money on it.
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Sun Life Financial Risk Profiles
Although Sun Life's alpha and beta are two of the key measurements used to evaluate Sun Life's performance over the market, the standard measures of volatility play an important role as well.
| Mean Deviation | 0.8428 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 1.28 | |||
| Variance | 1.65 | |||
| Risk Adjusted Performance | (0.04) |
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| Barbara Stymiest | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Martin Glynn | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Stephanie Coyles | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Ashok Gupta | Independent Director | Profile |
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