Sun Life Financial (SLF) Stock Forecast, Price Target & Predictions


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SLF Stock Forecast


Sun Life Financial stock forecast is as follows: an average price target of $92.00 (represents a 56.14% upside from SLF’s last price of $58.92) and a rating consensus of 'Buy', based on 7 wall street analysts offering a 1-year stock forecast.

SLF Price Target


The average price target for Sun Life Financial (SLF) is $92.00 based on 1-year price targets from 7 Wall Street analysts in the past 3 months, with a price target range of $92.00 to $92.00. This represents a potential 56.14% upside from SLF's last price of $58.92.

SLF Analyst Ratings


Buy

According to 7 Wall Street analysts, Sun Life Financial's rating consensus is 'Buy'. The analyst rating breakdown for SLF stock is 0 'Strong Buy' (0.00%), 5 'Buy' (71.43%), 2 'Hold' (28.57%), 0 'Sell' (0.00%), and 0 'Strong Sell' (0.00%).

Sun Life Financial Price Target by Analyst


DateAnalystCompanyPrice TargetPrice when PublishedPrice Target/Price when PublishedPrice Target/Last Closing Price
Nov 14, 2024Tom MacKinnonCapital One Financial$92.00$60.9051.07%56.14%
Oct 04, 2021Mike RizvanovicStifel Nicolaus$58.89$51.9513.35%-0.06%
Aug 05, 2021John AikenBarclays$50.93$50.381.09%-13.56%

The latest Sun Life Financial stock forecast, released on Nov 14, 2024 by Tom MacKinnon from Capital One Financial, set a price target of $92.00, which represents a 51.07% increase from the stock price at the time of the forecast ($60.90), and a 56.14% increase from SLF last price ($58.92).

Sun Life Financial Price Target by Period


1M3M12M
# Anlaysts-11
Avg Price Target-$92.00$92.00
Last Closing Price$58.92$58.92$58.92
Upside/Downside-100.00%56.14%56.14%

In the current month, the average price target of Sun Life Financial stock is -, according to 0 Wall Street analyst offering twelve months forecast. The average price target represents a -100.00% decrease as opposed to Sun Life Financial's last price of $58.92. This month's average price target is down -100.00% compared to last quarter, and down -100.00% compared to last year.

Analyst Ratings Upgrades/Downgrades


DateCompanyPrevious RatingNew RatingRating Change
Oct 30, 2024CIBCOutperformOutperformHold
Oct 30, 2024ScotiabankOutperformOutperformHold
Sep 04, 2024BarclaysEqual-WeightInitialise
Aug 13, 2024RBC CapitalOutperformOutperformHold
Aug 13, 2024ScotiabankSector OutperformSector OutperformHold
Aug 13, 2024National BankSector PerformSector PerformHold
May 13, 2024BMO CapitalOutperformOutperformHold
Aug 10, 2023Credit SuisseOutperformOutperformHold
May 15, 2023RBC CapitalOutperformUpgrade

Sun Life Financial's last stock rating was published by CIBC on Oct 30, 2024. The company gave SLF a "Outperform" rating, the same as its previous rate.

Sun Life Financial Financial Forecast


Sun Life Financial Revenue Forecast

Dec 26Sep 26Jun 26Mar 26Dec 25Sep 25Jun 25Mar 25Dec 24Sep 24Jun 24Mar 24Sep 23Mar 23Dec 22Mar 22Mar 21Mar 20Mar 19Mar 18Mar 17Mar 16Mar 15Mar 14Mar 13Mar 12Mar 11Mar 10Mar 09Mar 08
Revenue-------------$8.39B$12.30B$373.00M$1.51B$6.49B$11.39B$5.99B$7.01B$8.78B$7.33B$6.46B$3.79B$3.14B$4.20B$6.05B$5.03B$3.88B
Avg Forecast$14.44B$14.54B$14.64B$14.74B$14.83B$14.93B$15.03B$9.41B$10.35B$15.33B$7.50B$1.50B$1.11B$1.80B$16.48B$1.78B$1.91B$8.27B$7.85B$6.99B$7.08B$5.68B$3.99B$3.38B$2.97B$3.33B$2.92B$3.57B$3.75B$4.28B
High Forecast$14.79B$14.88B$14.98B$15.08B$15.18B$15.28B$15.39B$9.67B$11.69B$15.70B$7.50B$1.54B$1.14B$2.16B$19.78B$2.14B$2.30B$9.93B$9.42B$8.39B$8.49B$6.81B$4.78B$4.05B$3.56B$4.00B$3.50B$4.29B$4.51B$5.13B
Low Forecast$14.10B$14.20B$14.29B$14.39B$14.48B$14.58B$14.68B$9.16B$8.99B$14.97B$7.50B$1.47B$1.09B$1.44B$13.19B$1.42B$1.53B$6.62B$6.28B$5.59B$5.66B$4.54B$3.19B$2.70B$2.38B$2.67B$2.33B$2.86B$3.00B$3.42B
# Analysts1111111211111201616138141411182014141419101618
Surprise %-------------4.66%0.75%0.21%0.79%0.78%1.45%0.86%0.99%1.55%1.84%1.91%1.28%0.94%1.44%1.69%1.34%0.91%

Sun Life Financial's average Quarter revenue forecast for Sep 23 based on 1 analysts is $1.11B, with a low forecast of $1.09B, and a high forecast of $1.14B. SLF's average Quarter revenue forecast represents a -86.75% decrease compared to the company's last Quarter revenue of $8.39B (Mar 23).

Sun Life Financial EBITDA Forecast

Dec 26Sep 26Jun 26Mar 26Dec 25Sep 25Jun 25Mar 25Dec 24Sep 24Jun 24Mar 24Sep 23Mar 23Dec 22Mar 22Mar 21Mar 20Mar 19Mar 18Mar 17Mar 16Mar 15Mar 14Mar 13Mar 12Mar 11Mar 10Mar 09Mar 08
# Analysts1111111211111201616138141411182014141419101618
EBITDA-------------$1.17B$1.16B$1.25B$1.42B$749.00M$890.00M$799.00M$1.01B$743.00M$629.00M$637.00M$708.00M$1.01B$626.00M$609.00M$-571.00M$808.53M
Avg Forecast$2.21B$2.23B$2.24B$2.26B$2.27B$2.29B$2.30B$1.44B$1.59B$2.35B$961.17M$230.38M$170.41M$1.69B$1.71B$1.67B$1.79B$890.11M$1.20B$891.21M$1.43B$924.95M$718.45M$649.14M$730.52M$1.20B$557.63M$498.95M$-367.26M$883.25M
High Forecast$2.27B$2.28B$2.30B$2.31B$2.33B$2.34B$2.36B$1.48B$1.79B$2.40B$961.17M$235.83M$174.44M$2.03B$2.05B$2.00B$2.15B$1.07B$1.44B$1.07B$1.72B$1.11B$862.14M$778.96M$876.62M$1.44B$669.15M$598.74M$-293.81M$1.06B
Low Forecast$2.16B$2.18B$2.19B$2.20B$2.22B$2.23B$2.25B$1.40B$1.38B$2.29B$961.17M$224.94M$166.38M$1.35B$1.37B$1.33B$1.43B$712.09M$960.86M$712.97M$1.14B$739.96M$574.76M$519.31M$584.42M$960.42M$446.10M$399.16M$-440.72M$706.60M
Surprise %-------------0.69%0.68%0.75%0.79%0.84%0.74%0.90%0.71%0.80%0.88%0.98%0.97%0.84%1.12%1.22%1.55%0.92%

1 analysts predict SLF's average Quarter EBITDA for Sep 23 to be $170.41M, with a high of $174.44M and a low of $166.38M. This is -85.45% lower than Sun Life Financial's previous annual EBITDA (Mar 23) of $1.17B.

Sun Life Financial Net Income Forecast

Dec 26Sep 26Jun 26Mar 26Dec 25Sep 25Jun 25Mar 25Dec 24Sep 24Jun 24Mar 24Sep 23Mar 23Dec 22Mar 22Mar 21Mar 20Mar 19Mar 18Mar 17Mar 16Mar 15Mar 14Mar 13Mar 12Mar 11Mar 10Mar 09Mar 08
# Analysts1111111211111201616138141411182014141419101618
Net Income-------------$859.00M$1.05B$883.00M$1.01B$380.00M$714.00M$605.00M$749.00M$570.00M$462.00M$433.00M$536.00M$717.00M$462.00M$430.00M$-195.00M$550.99M
Avg Forecast$870.70M$851.37M$784.92M$769.09M$784.80M$774.00M$750.09M$728.36M$718.28M$728.84M$674.12M$1.13B$677.68M$1.21B$1.54B$1.19B$1.28B$451.59M$963.56M$674.82M$1.06B$709.59M$527.70M$441.25M$553.05M$848.89M$411.54M$352.29M$-125.42M$601.91M
High Forecast$897.47M$877.54M$809.05M$792.73M$808.92M$797.79M$773.15M$734.01M$729.50M$751.24M$674.12M$1.36B$712.74M$1.45B$1.85B$1.43B$1.54B$541.91M$1.16B$809.79M$1.27B$851.50M$633.24M$529.50M$663.66M$1.02B$493.85M$422.75M$-100.34M$722.29M
Low Forecast$843.94M$825.20M$760.79M$745.45M$760.67M$750.20M$727.04M$722.72M$707.05M$706.44M$674.12M$905.07M$654.32M$964.79M$1.23B$953.24M$1.03B$361.27M$770.84M$539.86M$848.25M$567.67M$422.16M$353.00M$442.44M$679.12M$329.23M$281.84M$-150.51M$481.53M
Surprise %-------------0.71%0.68%0.74%0.79%0.84%0.74%0.90%0.71%0.80%0.88%0.98%0.97%0.84%1.12%1.22%1.55%0.92%

Sun Life Financial's average Quarter net income forecast for Sep 23 is $677.68M, with a range of $654.32M to $712.74M. SLF's average Quarter net income forecast represents a -21.11% decrease compared to the company's last Quarter net income of $859.00M (Mar 23).

Sun Life Financial SG&A Forecast

Dec 26Sep 26Jun 26Mar 26Dec 25Sep 25Jun 25Mar 25Dec 24Sep 24Jun 24Mar 24Sep 23Mar 23Dec 22Mar 22Mar 21Mar 20Mar 19Mar 18Mar 17Mar 16Mar 15Mar 14Mar 13Mar 12Mar 11Mar 10Mar 09Mar 08
# Analysts1111111211111201616138141411182014141419101618
SG&A-------------------------$1.22B$1.30B$1.24B$1.17B$750.04M
Avg Forecast$2.58B$2.60B$2.61B$2.63B$2.65B$2.67B$2.68B$1.68B$1.85B$2.74B$852.99M$268.46M$198.57M$321.81M$2.94B$311.58M$335.04M$1.45B$1.37B$1.22B$1.24B$993.36M$697.61M$590.58M$519.48M$1.44B$1.15B$1.01B$755.11M$819.36M
High Forecast$2.64B$2.66B$2.68B$2.69B$2.71B$2.73B$2.75B$1.73B$2.09B$2.80B$852.99M$274.81M$203.27M$386.18M$3.53B$373.89M$402.05M$1.74B$1.65B$1.47B$1.49B$1.19B$837.13M$708.70M$623.38M$1.73B$1.39B$1.21B$906.13M$983.23M
Low Forecast$2.52B$2.53B$2.55B$2.57B$2.59B$2.60B$2.62B$1.64B$1.61B$2.67B$852.99M$262.11M$193.88M$257.45M$2.35B$249.26M$268.03M$1.16B$1.10B$978.16M$990.78M$794.69M$558.09M$472.47M$415.59M$1.15B$923.56M$809.46M$604.09M$655.49M
Surprise %-------------------------0.84%1.12%1.22%1.55%0.92%

Sun Life Financial's average Quarter SG&A projection for Mar 13 is $519.48M, based on 14 Wall Street analysts, with a range of $415.59M to $623.38M. The forecast indicates a -57.35% fall compared to SLF last annual SG&A of $1.22B (Mar 12).

Sun Life Financial EPS Forecast

Dec 26Sep 26Jun 26Mar 26Dec 25Sep 25Jun 25Mar 25Dec 24Sep 24Jun 24Mar 24Sep 23Mar 23Dec 22Mar 22Mar 21Mar 20Mar 19Mar 18Mar 17Mar 16Mar 15Mar 14Mar 13Mar 12Mar 11Mar 10Mar 09Mar 08
# Analysts1111111211111201616138141411182014141419101618
EPS-------------$1.37$1.78$1.46$1.60$0.67$1.04$1.10$0.90$0.88$0.72$0.66$0.85$1.17$0.76$0.72$-0.38$0.95
Avg Forecast$1.50$1.47$1.35$1.32$1.35$1.33$1.29$1.25$1.24$1.25$1.15$1.22$1.17$1.11$1.13$1.13$1.16$0.78$0.90$0.96$1.05$0.87$0.70$0.62$0.67$0.88$0.68$0.47$-0.09$1.09
High Forecast$1.54$1.51$1.39$1.36$1.39$1.37$1.33$1.26$1.26$1.29$1.15$1.26$1.23$1.15$1.17$1.13$1.16$0.78$0.90$1.15$1.26$1.04$0.84$0.74$0.80$1.06$0.82$0.56$-0.07$1.31
Low Forecast$1.45$1.42$1.31$1.28$1.31$1.29$1.25$1.24$1.22$1.22$1.15$1.18$1.13$1.08$1.10$1.13$1.16$0.78$0.90$0.77$0.84$0.70$0.56$0.50$0.54$0.70$0.54$0.38$-0.11$0.87
Surprise %-------------1.23%1.57%1.30%1.38%0.85%1.16%1.15%0.86%1.01%1.03%1.06%1.27%1.33%1.12%1.53%4.22%0.87%

According to 1 Wall Street analysts, Sun Life Financial's projected average Quarter EPS for Sep 23 is $1.17, with a low estimate of $1.13 and a high estimate of $1.23. This represents a -14.86% decrease compared to SLF previous annual EPS of $1.37 (Mar 23).

Sun Life Financial Peer Comparison by Price Target


TickerCompanyLast Closing PriceAvg Price TargetUpside/DownsideAvg Rating
SLFSun Life Financial$59.51$92.0054.60%Buy
AEGAegon$5.83$7.5028.64%Buy
ACGLArch Capital Group$90.53$112.4024.16%Buy
AIGAmerican Group$71.22$84.5018.65%Buy
HIGHartford Financial Services Group$109.05$125.1414.75%Hold
ORIOld Republic$36.43$41.0012.54%Buy
EQHEquitable$46.57$51.3310.22%Buy
GSHDGoosehead Insurance$114.42$120.505.31%Buy
BRK-BBerkshire Hathaway$455.66$465.502.16%
IGICInternational General Insurance$23.68$19.00-19.76%Buy

SLF Forecast FAQ


Is Sun Life Financial a good buy?

Yes, according to 7 Wall Street analysts, Sun Life Financial (SLF) is considered a 'Buy'. The rating consensus is based on 0 'Strong Buy' and 5 'Buy' recommendations, accounting for 71.43% of SLF's total ratings.

What is SLF's price target?

Sun Life Financial (SLF) average price target is $92 with a range of $92 to $92, implying a 56.14% from its last price of $58.92. The data is based on 7 Wall Street analysts who provided a twelve-month price target estimate in the last three months.

Will Sun Life Financial stock go up soon?

According to Wall Street analysts' prediction for SLF stock, the company can go up by 56.14% (from the last price of $58.92 to the average price target of $92), up by 56.14% based on the highest stock price target, and up by 56.14% based on the lowest stock price target.

Can Sun Life Financial stock reach $90?

SLF's average twelve months analyst stock price target of $92 supports the claim that Sun Life Financial can reach $90 in the near future.

What are Sun Life Financial's analysts' financial forecasts?

Sun Life Financial's analysts financial forecasts for the fiscal year (Dec 2025) are as follows: average revenue is $54.21B (high $55.52B, low $52.9B), average EBITDA is $8.31B (high $8.51B, low $8.11B), average net income is $3.04B (high $3.11B, low $2.96B), average SG&A $9.68B (high $9.91B, low $9.44B), and average EPS is $5.23 (high $5.36, low $5.1). SLF's analysts financial forecasts for the fiscal year (Dec 2026) are as follows: average revenue is $58.36B (high $59.74B, low $56.98B), average EBITDA is $8.94B (high $9.15B, low $8.73B), average net income is $3.28B (high $3.38B, low $3.18B), average SG&A $10.42B (high $10.67B, low $10.17B), and average EPS is $5.64 (high $5.81, low $5.47).

Did the SLF's actual financial results beat the analysts' financial forecasts?

Based on Sun Life Financial's last annual report (Dec 2022), the company's revenue was $23.21B, beating the average analysts forecast of $18.27B by 27.05%. Apple's EBITDA was $4.84B, beating the average prediction of $3.38B by 43.18%. The company's net income was $3.25B, beating the average estimation of $2.73B by 18.83%. Apple's SG&A was $5.11B, beating the average forecast of $3.25B by 56.91%. Lastly, the company's EPS was $5.22, beating the average prediction of $2.26 by 130.95%. In terms of the last quarterly report (Mar 2023), Sun Life Financial's revenue was $8.39B, beating the average analysts' forecast of $1.8B by 365.70%. The company's EBITDA was $1.17B, missing the average prediction of $1.69B by -30.63%. Sun Life Financial's net income was $859M, missing the average estimation of $1.21B by -28.77%. The company's SG&A was $0, missing the average forecast of $321.81M by -100.00%. Lastly, the company's EPS was $1.37, beating the average prediction of $1.11 by 22.90%