Sun Life Financial, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Insurance
  • ISIN: CA8667961053
CAD
85.34
43.72 (105.05%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Great-West Lifeco, Inc.
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Why is Sun Life Financial, Inc. ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with a -100.00% CAGR growth in Operating Profits
2
Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 12.40%
3
The company declared negative results in Dec'24 after positive results in Sep'24
  • NET PROFIT(9M) At CAD 1,940 MM has Grown at -27.82%
  • NET SALES(Q) At CAD 9,199 MM has Fallen at -16.68%
4
With ROE of 13.49%, it has a fair valuation with a 1.89 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 5.83%, its profits have fallen by -8.8%
5
High Institutional Holdings at 48.73%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
6
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • The stock has generated a return of 5.83% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (S&P/TSX 60) returns of 22.54%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Sun Life Financial, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Insurance should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Insurance)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Sun Life Financial, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Sun Life Financial, Inc.
-100.0%
4.33
19.12%
S&P/TSX 60
21.87%
1.54
14.62%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-1.39%
EBIT Growth (5y)
14.87%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0.13
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
23.25%
Dividend Payout Ratio
57.08%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
47.79%
ROCE (avg)
1.05%
ROE (avg)
12.40%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
14
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.98
EV to EBIT
NA
EV to EBITDA
EV to Capital Employed
1.80
EV to Sales
1.30
PEG Ratio
1.07
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
ROE (Latest)
14.47%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

9What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at CAD 13,758 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 14.18%

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at CAD 0

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0% (YoY

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 14.1 %

-2What is not working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 47.36 %

NET SALES(Q)

At CAD 8,929 MM has Fallen at -14%

Here's what is working for Sun Life Financial, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at CAD 13,758 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (CAD MM)

Dividend per share
Highest at CAD 0 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (CAD)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 14.1 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 0% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Sun Life Financial, Inc.

Net Sales
At CAD 8,929 MM has Fallen at -14%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of CAD 10,382.75 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (CAD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 47.36 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio