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Sun Life Financial financials

Yes. Sun Life Financial earned 3.31B CAD of net income over the last twelve months, 9.4% of its revenue. It made a profit in 27 of its 28 fiscal years since 1998. Its last loss was in fiscal year 2011.

Revenue (TTM)
35.29B CAD
Net income (TTM)
3.31B CAD
Free cash flow (TTM)
10.07B CAD
Cash and short-term investments
29.33B CAD
Total debt
9.12B CAD
Shareholders' equity
26.88B CAD

Cash, debt and equity as of 30 Sept 2026.

Sun Life Financial earnings

Next earnings · Q4 FY2026
EPS estimate
1.45 USD
Revenue estimate
1.04B USD
Last quarter · Q3 FY2026
EPS1.47Beat +1.4%Revenue879.98MMissed -10.8%

Revenue

ReportedEstimate

EPS

ReportedEstimate
PeriodReport dateEPS estimateReported EPSSurpriseEPS growthRevenue estimateReported revenueSurpriseRevenue growth
Q1 FY20270.99——-28.14%989.99M——-84.31%
Q4 FY20261.45——+2.84%1.04B——+27.02%
Q3 FY20261.451.47+1.38%+8.89%986.89M879.98M-10.83%-90.10%
Q2 FY20261.391.46+5.04%+13.18%994.33M956.03M-3.85%-84.61%
Q1 FY20261.351.38+2.22%+8.66%925.99M6.31B+581.61%-9.00%
Q4 FY20251.351.41+4.44%+17.50%973.53M819.95M-15.78%-32.80%
Q3 FY20251.301.35+3.85%+6.30%944.53M8.89B+841.20%-13.59%
Q2 FY20251.291.290.00%+3.20%—6.21B—+13.28%

Sun Life Financial growth and profitability

Full income statement
Revenue (TTM)
35.29B CAD
Net income (TTM)
3.31B CAD
Gross margin
43.46%
Operating margin
12.96%
Net margin
9.37%

Revenue / Net income

Revenue Net income Net margin
PeriodRevenueGrowthNet incomeGrowthGross marginOperating marginNet marginEBITDAGrowth
FY202542.17B+22.29%3.74B+18.01%100.00%11.37%8.87%5.32B+6.33%
FY202434.48B-5.15%3.17B-5.15%14.04%12.58%9.20%5.00B+11.62%
FY202336.35B+960.19%3.34B+10.55%11.86%10.81%9.20%4.48B-2.54%
FY20223.43B-90.39%3.02B-30.80%118.72%105.75%88.19%4.60B-21.55%
FY202135.69B-17.65%4.37B+57.14%41.22%14.28%12.24%5.86B+44.81%

How Sun Life Financial makes its money

Revenue42.17B 100.0%
Gross profit42.17B 100.0%
Other operating expenses37.38B 88.6%
Operating income4.79B 11.4%
Tax1.02B 2.4%
Other expense36.97M 0.1%
Net income3.74B 8.9%

FY2025, in CAD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.

Sun Life Financial revenue breakdown

By product

FY2025
Health Insurance: 65.1%Life Insurance: 24.3%Annuities: 10.6%65.1%Health Insurance24.3%Life Insurance10.6%Annuities
SegmentRevenueShare of revenueChange on the year
Health Insurance15.60B65.1%—
Life Insurance5.84B24.3%—
Annuities2.54B10.6%—

Operating and free cash flow

Full cash flow statement
Operating cash flow Free cash flow
Fiscal yearOperating cash flowFree cash flow
FY202513.75B13.60B
FY20242.53B2.39B
FY20237.82B7.69B
FY20224.31B8.00B
FY2021-1.86B-1.94B
FY20209.79B9.66B
FY20192.47B2.36B
FY20183.83B3.75B
FY20171.98B1.80B
FY20163.67B3.54B

Sun Life Financial financial health

Full balance sheet
Cash and short-term investments
29.33B CAD
Total debt
9.12B CAD
Net cash
20.21B CAD
Free cash flow (TTM)
10.07B CAD
Current ratio
23.85
Debt to equity
0.34
Piotroski score
6 / 9
Altman Z-score
0.46

Cash, debt and free cash flow

Cash and short-term investments Total debt Free cash flow
Fiscal yearCash and short-term investmentsTotal debtFree cash flow
FY202529.47B18.79B13.60B
FY202427.80B16.87B2.39B
FY202327.55B15.40B7.69B
FY202227.76B15.55B8.00B
FY202118.31B10.21B-1.94B

Assets, liabilities and equity

Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders' equity
Fiscal yearTotal assetsTotal liabilitiesShareholders' equity
FY2025398.46B372.96B25.23B
FY2024370.72B344.59B26.05B
FY2023333.24B309.04B24.04B
FY2022323.61B300.72B22.80B
FY2021345.37B317.30B26.31B
FY2020323.01B297.15B25.84B
FY2019297.20B272.69B24.49B
FY2018271.83B247.26B23.71B
FY2017269.11B246.14B22.32B
FY2016258.24B235.87B21.96B

Sun Life Financial valuation

Price to earnings ratio (TTM)
19.45
Forward P/E (FY2026)
18.52
Price to sales (TTM)
1.64
Price to book
2.15
EV / EBITDA (TTM)
7.56

Capital structure

Market capitalization
40.51B USD
+
Total debt
6.39B USD
−
Cash and short-term investments
20.56B USD
=
Enterprise value
26.35B USD

Valuation over time

P/EForward P/EForward P/E · EstimateEstimate
Fiscal yearP/EForward P/EP/SP/BEV/EBITDA
FY2028 (est.)15.90————
FY2027 (est.)17.3015.90———
FY2026 (est.)18.5217.30———
Now (TTM)19.4517.451.642.157.56
FY202513.9015.251.161.9410.93
FY202416.1316.001.431.8911.21
FY202313.1015.581.111.689.97
FY202212.8315.5810.741.629.35
FY202110.4615.581.161.576.68

Sun Life Financial against its own history

Each figure in the latest fiscal year against the same figure from FY2021 to FY2025: the range, its median (the line) and the latest (the dot, green on the good side of the median). The P/E is today's against its daily readings of five years.

Its peers: Rocket Companies, Prudential Financial, American International Group, Ares Management, Ameriprise Financial, and State Street, the US Financial Services companies closest to it in size, each in its own latest fiscal year: their median (the line) and its rank among them, first being the best.

  • P/E (today)Above its median19.5
    10.122.3
  • Gross marginAbove its median100.0%
    11.9%118.7%
    Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 55.9%
  • Operating marginBelow its median11.4%
    10.8%105.7%
    Against its peers: 5 of 7Peers' median 15.5%
  • Net marginLowest in 5 years8.9%
    8.9%88.2%
    Against its peers: 4 of 7Peers' median 9.9%
  • Return on equityAbove its median14.8%
    12.2%16.6%
    Against its peers: 2 of 7Peers' median 10.8%
  • Free cash flow marginAbove its median32.3%
    -5.4%233.2%
    Against its peers: 3 of 7Peers' median 15.7%
  • Revenue growthAbove its median22.3%
    -90.4%960.2%
    Against its peers: 3 of 7Peers' median 4.1%
  • EPS growthAbove its median16.7%
    -26.8%63.7%
    Against its peers: 2 of 6Peers' median 10.0%
  • Debt to EBITDAHighest in 5 years3.53×
    1.74×3.53×
    Against its peers: 4 of 7Peers' median 2.99×

Peers: US companies of the same industry (of its sector when the industry has too few) from a tenth to ten times its market value, the six closest in size. Updated weekly.

Sun Life Financial dividends

Annual dividend
2.80 USD
Dividend yield (indicated)
3.84%
Payout ratio
91.05%
Years of dividend growth
11
Frequency
Quarterly
Next payment
0.70 USD
Next ex-dividend date
25 Nov 2026
Next payment date
31 Dec 2026

Dividends per share

Year2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Dividends per share2.512.372.202.131.331.801.581.471.461.22

Sun Life Financial ownership

Institutions
45.77%
Institutional holders
515 (+51)
Free float
99.87%

Who owns the shares

Institutions 45.8% Others 54.2%
As of 30 Jun 2026

Shares free to trade

Free float 554.71M shares ·99.9% Closely held 694.52K shares ·0.1%

Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.

Shares outstanding

Basic shares Diluted shares Change in diluted shares
Fiscal yearBasic sharesDiluted sharesChange in diluted shares
FY2025572.65M572.65M-1.44%
FY2024578.00M581.00M-1.36%
FY2023589.00M589.00M0.00%
FY2022586.00M589.00M-0.17%
FY2021586.00M590.00M+0.17%

Common questions about Sun Life Financial's financials

Source: Financial Modeling Prep