Sun Life Financial Valuation

Is SLF.PRE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
Price-To-Earnings vs Peers
Price-To-Earnings vs Industry
Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SLF.PRE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: SLF.PRE (CA$20.3) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$48.4)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SLF.PRE is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SLF.PRE?

Key metric: As SLF.PRE is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SLF.PRE. This is calculated by dividing SLF.PRE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SLF.PRE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	13.9x
Earnings	CA$3.56b
Market Cap	CA$48.96b

SLF.PRE key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	1.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	10.1x
PEG Ratio	2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SLF.PRE's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SLF.PRE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	13.7x
GWO Great-West Lifeco	12.8x	5.2%	CA$46.3b
POW Power Corporation of Canada	13.1x	9.1%	CA$29.8b
MFC Manulife Financial	15.7x	13.4%	CA$78.9b
IAG iA Financial	13.1x	7.5%	CA$12.5b
SLF.PRE Sun Life Financial	13.9x	6.8%	CA$49.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SLF.PRE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.9x) compared to the peer average (13.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SLF.PRE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the North American Insurance Industry?

3 Companies	Price / Earnings	Estimated Growth	Market Cap

3 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SLF.PRE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.9x) compared to the North American Insurance industry average (13.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SLF.PRE's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SLF.PRE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	13.9x
Fair PE Ratio	14.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SLF.PRE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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