National Bank Financial Forecasts TSE:SLF Q2 Earnings

Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSE:SLF) (NYSE:SLF) – Investment analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Sun Life Financial in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 12th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $1.79 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $1.86 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.91 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.16 EPS.

SLF has been the topic of several other research reports. TD Securities lifted their target price on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$81.00 to C$87.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Barclays raised their price target on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$82.00 to C$87.00 in a research report on Monday, January 6th. National Bankshares decreased 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 report on Thursday. 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. Finally, Scotiabank decreased their price target on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$98.00 to C$94.00 in a research report on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$87.10.

Sun Life Financial Stock Performance

Shares of SLF opened at C$78.20 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of C$44.67 billion, a PE ratio of 11.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.94. Sun Life Financial has a one year low of C$64.38 and a one year high of C$88.54. 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 company’s fifty day moving average price is C$84.53 and its 200 day moving average price is C$79.51.

Sun Life Financial Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 26th will be given a dividend of $0.84 per share. This represents a $3.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.30%. Sun Life Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 48.87%.

About Sun Life Financial

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.