Sun Life Financial, Inc (NYSE:SLF) shares, rose in value on Friday, July 11, with the stock price up by 0.16% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $62.1.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $62.0, falling within a range of $61.56 and $62.28. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.878 whereas the PE ratio was 15.77 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $66.81, and the low was $46.41. On the whole, SLF has fluctuated by -4.05% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Sun Life Financial, Inc currently standing at about $35.11 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-May-08. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 2.42, with its dividend yield at 3.90%.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that SLF’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 1.72, with the price of SLF currently trading nearly -3.43% and -2.19% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 38.97, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 1.73% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.35%. Furthermore, Sun Life Financial, Inc (SLF)’s beta value is 0.89.
A comparison of Sun Life Financial, Inc (SLF) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. SLF showed an intraday change of 0.16% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 4.65%%.
Data on historical trading for Sun Life Financial, Inc (NYSE:SLF) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.54 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 629.93K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 567.60 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.03% of Sun Life Financial, Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 49.11% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 1.22 million shares as on 2025-06-13, resulting in a short ratio of 1.38. The stock has risen by 26.40% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the SLF stock heading into the next quarter.
