Melissa Jane Kennedy Sells 7,366 Shares of Sun Life Financial (TSE:SLF) Stock

Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSE:SLFGet Free Report) (NYSE:SLF) insider Melissa Jane Kennedy sold 7,366 shares of Sun Life Financial stock in a transaction on Monday, May 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$101.49, for a total transaction of C$747,575.34. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 13,916 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately C$1,412,334.84. This trade represents a 34.61% decrease in their position.

Sun Life Financial Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of TSE:SLF opened at C$99.08 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of C$94.18 and a 200 day simple moving average of C$88.88. The firm has a market cap of C$54.90 billion, a PE ratio of 18.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.73. Sun Life Financial Inc. has a 12-month low of C$77.38 and a 12-month high of C$101.94.

Sun Life Financial (TSE:SLFGet Free Report) (NYSE:SLF) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The financial services provider reported C$1.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of C$8.73 billion during the quarter. Sun Life Financial had a net margin of 9.12% and a return on equity of 12.98%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Sun Life Financial Inc. will post 6.9230769 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Sun Life Financial Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.96 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 27th. This is a positive change from Sun Life Financial’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.92. This represents a $3.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.9%. Sun Life Financial’s payout ratio is presently 67.04%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SLF has been the subject of several recent research reports. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce boosted their target price on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$95.00 to C$102.00 in a research note on Friday, May 8th. TD boosted their target price on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$102.00 to C$107.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Scotiabank boosted their target price on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$93.00 to C$96.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$99.00 to C$105.00 in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on shares of Sun Life Financial from C$103.00 to C$115.00 in a research note on Friday, May 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Sun Life Financial has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$101.60.

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Sun Life Financial Company Profile

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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. Sun Life generates about a third of its profit from asset-management operations.

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